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This watercolour drawing shows Irving in 14 of his roles:\nthe title role in <i>Robert Macaire;</i> Jingle in <i>Pickwick</i>, later renamed <i>Jingle</i>; Cardinal Wolsey in <i>Henry VIII</i>; Cardinal Richelieu in <i>Richelieu</i>; Lear in <i>King Lear</i>; Richard in <i>Richard III</i>; the title role in <i>Louis XI</i>; Shylock in <i>The Merchant of Venice</i>; the title role in <i>Hamlet</i>; Mathias in <i>The Bells</i>; Dubosc in <i>The Lyons Mail</i>; the title role in <i>Charles I</i>; Dr Primrose in <i>Olivia</i>, and Mephistopheles in <i>Faust</i>. Some of the characters are grouped together and are getting on very well: the Cardinals are seated together on a bench, Dubosc and King Charles enjoy a convivial drink and a smoke, and Dr Primrose and Mephistopheles seem happy in each other's company.","physicalDescription":"Watercolour drawing showing Henry Irving in 14 of his stage roles. The characters' names are written beside each drawing. 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