Text / Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Kean as King John and Lady Constance

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Title: Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Kean as King John and Lady Constance
Creator: Johnson, Fry & Co
Date Created and/or Issued: 1858
Publication Information: Honnold Mudd Library. Special Collections
Contributing Institution: Claremont Colleges Library
Collection: Philbrick Library Collection of Theater Letters
Rights Information: For more information on copyright or permissions for this image, please contact Honnold Mudd Library Special Collections at https://library.claremont.edu/scl/
Description: Decorated portrait shows Charles and Ellen Kean in costume as King John and Lady Constance. Lines from the play "King John," Act 2, Scene 1 appear at the bottom. Embellishments and scenes from the play encircle the portrait as decoration.
Type: text
Format: image/jp2
Identifier: phl00426
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/phl/id/2309
Language: English
Subject: Bookplates
Constance, Duchess of Brittany, 1161-1201
Costumes and clothes
Crowns
Engraving
John, King of England, 1167-1216
Johnson, Fry & Co
Kean, Charles John, 1811?-1868
Kean, Ellen, 1805-1880
Performances
Regalia (Insignia)
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. King John
Shields
Source: Bookplate, 7.25 x 10.63 inches: Philbrick Library of Dramatic Arts and Theatre History, Autograph letters box 9, folder 66; 2 pages
Relation: Philbrick Library Collection of Theater Letters - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/phl

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