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William Nicholson — Twelve Portraits: Sir Henry Irving
William Nicholson

Twelve Portraits: Sir Henry Irving

1898

Part of a celebrated series capturing prominent Victorian figures, this portrait demonstrates the power of reductive lithographic technique to distill character into essential visual elements.

Medium
color lithograph

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William Nicholson, Twelve Portraits: Sir Henry Irving, 1898

Part of a celebrated series capturing prominent Victorian figures, this portrait demonstrates the power of reductive lithographic technique to distill character into essential visual elements.

Medium
color lithograph
Year
1898
Seen at
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Related themes

Nineteenth Century, Bold, Theater, Traditional, Printmaking, Color Lithograph, Man, Portrait, British, Figurative

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