Portrait of Edmund Kean 1787-1833 as Richard III with the Duke of Buckingham

Theatre scholars have been fascinated by Edmund Kean since his death in 1833, aged 45. It is partly because he single-handedly changed the way Shakespeare was acted at the time and partly because he went from near destitution to fame and fortune virtually overnight. Kean’s relatively short working life was every bit as dramatic as his stage performances. Not only was his rise to stardom extraordinarily rapid but, once perched at the top of the tree, he proceeded to behave very badly indeed.

Portrait of John Harris Frewer (1781-1816) Sadler & Brewer of Norwich, Norfolk seated at his Desk

There was a Portrait of the Late Mr Frewer exhibited in 1816,  There is an engraving  by William Camden Edwards, after Joseph Clover original portrait of Eadey Frewer (née Jacob) the wife of John Harris Frewer. The line engraving was executed in 1818. There was also a portrait of Thomas Mickelburgh, Merchant  chair of the Farmers Club Cromer, exhibited in 1813 at the Norwhich School Exhibitions organised by John Crome.There was one portrait exhibited at the Royal Acdemy of the Rev C Townley LLD in 1817 no 415, but this is unikely.