John Philip Kemble as Rolla in <i>Pizarro</i> adapted by Richard Brinsley Sheridan from <i>Die Spanier in Peru</i> by August Friedrich Ferdinand von Kotzebue

1800

Oil portrait of John Philip Kemble as Rolla, full length, in dramatic pose. Dark background. He holds a small child, balanced on his left arm, and a dagger in his right hand. He wears a white tunic with gold edging at the hem, a black drape at his left shoulder, a black 'belt' at his chest, and sandals. He has an armband on his right arm.