{"meta":{"version":"2.1","_links":{"self":{"href":"https://api.vam.ac.uk/v2/object/O84953"},"collection_page":{"href":"https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O84953/"}},"images":{"_primary_thumbnail":"https://framemark.vam.ac.uk/collections/2006AF1131/full/!100,100/0/default.jpg","_iiif_image":"https://framemark.vam.ac.uk/collections/2006AF1131/","_alt_iiif_image":[],"imageResolution":"high","_images_meta":[{"assetRef":"2006AF1131","copyright":"©Victoria and Albert Museum, London","sensitiveImage":false},{"assetRef":"2006BH7724","copyright":"©Victoria and Albert Museum, London","sensitiveImage":false}]},"see_also":{"_iiif_pres":"https://iiif.vam.ac.uk/collections/O84953/manifest.json","_alt_iiif_pres":[]}},"record":{"systemNumber":"O84953","accessionNumber":"DYCE.26","objectType":"Painting","titles":[{"title":"John Henderson as Iago in <i>Othello</i> by William Shakespeare","type":""}],"summaryDescription":"John Henderson, one of the most celebrated Shakespearean actors of his day, is portrayed by the portraitist Gilbert Stuart in his signature role, Iago, the villain of <i>Othello</i>.  Henderson played Iago in a highly successful production of <i>Othello</i> at Covent Garden between 1780-85 and was painted and drawn in this role by numerous artists.  This portrait, which appears to be unfinished, was originally attributed to John Opie when it was bequeathed to the Museum.","physicalDescription":"A head-and-shoulders portrait, in three-quarter profile, of the actor John Henderson.  Henderson is draped in a loose-fitting red garment and gazes menacingly out of the canvas.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Stuart, Gilbert","id":"A10396"},"association":{"text":"artist","id":"AAT25136"},"note":"attributed to"}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"oil paint","id":"AAT15050"},{"text":"canvas","id":"AAT14078"}],"techniques":[{"text":"oil painting","id":"AAT178684"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"oil on canvas","categories":[{"text":"Paintings","id":"THES48917"},{"text":"Shakespeare","id":"THES253244"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"PDP","id":"THES48595"},"images":["2006AF1131","2006BH7724"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"B","id":"THES304870"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"oil paintings","id":"AAT33799"}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1786","earliest":"1786-01-01","latest":"1786-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"Bequeathed by Rev. Alexander Dyce","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"53.6","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"estimate","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"43.2","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"estimate","note":""},{"dimension":"","value":"","unit":"","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":"Measurement taken at time of assessment prior to BH decant - Frame Dimensions (mm): H-665 W-570 D-55;\nPainting Dimensions (mm): not measured"}],"dimensionsNote":"Dimensions taken from <i>Summary catalogue of British Paintings</i>, Victoria and Albert Museum, 1973","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"Bequeathed by Rev. Alexander Dyce, 1869","historicalContext":"Gilbert Stuart (1735-1828), a British portraitist, is perhaps best remembered for his iconic portrait of George Washington.","briefDescription":"Oil on canvas, 'John Henderson as Iago in \"Othello' by William Shakespeare', attributed to Gilbert Stuart, 1786.","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Ashton, Geoffrey. <u>Catalogue of Paintings at the Theatre Museum, London.</u> ed. James Fowler, London : Victoria and Albert Museum, 1992. 224p. ill. ISBN 1851771026"}],"production":"When Dyce bequeathed the painting to the museum, it was attributed to John Opie.","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[{"text":"Henderson, John","id":"N2831"},{"text":"Iago","id":"N2832"}],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[{"text":"actors","id":"AAT25658"}],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":["Shakespeare, <i>Othello</i>"],"galleryLabels":[],"partNumbers":["DYCE.26"],"accessionNumberNum":"26","accessionNumberPrefix":"DYCE","accessionYear":null,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2025-04-29","recordCreationDate":"2003-10-27","availableToBook":true}}