Keywords: William Mulready - Othello - Walters 372629.jpg Mulready spent most of his career in London painting genre subjects Many of his major works are now on display in the Victoria and Albert Museum Here he has portrayed the BLACK actor Ira Aldridge 1805 -1867 who won renown in Europe for his Shakespearean roles including Othello Lear and Macbeth This half-length portrait shows Aldrige in battle armor with a flag at his right in front of a stone archway between 1840 1863 oil on panel cm 40 54 29 9 ; Framed cm 62 87 52 71 6 35 accession number 37 2629 9022 The Honorable Francis D Murnaghan Jr Baltimore Walters Art Museum September 1987 by gift Gift of the Honorable Francis D Murnaghan Jr 1987 place of origin Antwerp Belgium Walters Art Museum license 2D William Mulready 1863 Othello Othello Mulready William Paintings in the Walters Art Museum Mulready Othello Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs artist update Off the Wall Baltimore Ira Aldridge |