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John Philip Kemble

Martin Archer Shee · c. 1795

Palette

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Artist

Martin Archer Shee

Date

c. 1795

Type

Painting

Medium

Oil on canvas

Size

72.7 × 59.7 cm (28 5/8 × 23 1/2 in.); Framed: 99.7 × 88.3 × 10.2 cm (39 1/4 × 34 3/4 × 4 in.)

Place

Ireland

Period

18th century

Themes

Portraits · Reading and letters

Main colour

Black · lightness 12, colourfulness 12

Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. William Owen Goodman for Kenneth S. Goodman Theatre.. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's is_public_domain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules