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Sotheby's inventory no. ZAPT W195

Inscription: Inscribed in the plate. l.c.; EDMUND KEAN ESQR. / In the dress presented to and worn by him on the occasion of him being chosen a / CHIEF and PRINCE of the HURON TRIBE of INDIANS by the Name of ALANIENOUIDET / To the Patentee, Committee, and Performers of the THEATRE ROYAL DRURY LANE, in / commemoration of the return of that distinguished Actor to his Native Country and with the / intention of representing at one view a faithful Portrait of Mr. Kean, and a correct delineation of / the Costume of that Warlike Tribe who unanimously elected him a Chieftain and a brother at Quebec on / Saturday October 7, 1826. This print is most respectfully dedicated by their / obliged and obt. Sert / William Kenneth. / London Published by Willaim Kenneth at his Dramatic Repository Corner of Bow St. Covent Garden May 14th 1827. l.l.; Painted by Frederick Meyer Junr. 3 Red Lion Square. l.r.; Engraved by G.F. Storm. b.l.; Printed by Bishop & Co.