File:Ira AldridgebyNorthcote.jpg

Summary

James Northcote: Ira Aldridge as Othello, the Moor of Venice

Artist



Description	English portrait painter
Date of birth/death	22 October 1746	13 July 1831
Location of birth/death	Plymouth	London
Work period	1790
Work location	London (1771–1777); Rome (1777–1780); London (1781–1831)
Authority file	: Q3161307 VIAF: 54417213 ISNI: 0000000081335187 ULAN: 500003564 LCCN: n86143755 NLA: 35391327 WorldCat

Title

Ira Aldridge as Othello, the Moor of Venice

Object type

painting

Genre

portrait

Description

English: Manchester Art Gallery: "Description Half length frontal portrait of Ira Aldridge, celebrated nineteenth century black actor, in the role of Othello. He is dressed in a white shirt, with a white lace necker-chief, he looks nervously to the left. Plain background.

Depicted people

Ira Aldridge

Date

1826

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

height: 76.2 cm (30 in)

; width: 63.5 cm (25 in)

Collection

Manchester Art Gallery

	Native name	Manchester Art Gallery
	Location	Manchester, United Kingdom
	Coordinates	53° 28′ 43″ N, 2° 14′ 29″ W
	Established	1824
	Website	manchestergalleries.org
	Authority file	: Q2638817 VIAF: 189145067221366630626 ISNI: 0000000121147683 ULAN: 500225336 LCCN: n80159134 NLA: 36244545 WorldCat

Accession number

1882.2 (Manchester Art Gallery)

Object history

transferred from the Royal Manchester Institution, 1882

References

Art UK artwork ID: ira-aldridge-as-othello-the-moor-of-venice-205732

Source/Photographer

Manchester City Galleries

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