| Dorothea Jordan as Rosalind | |
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| Artist | William Beechey |
| Year | 1787 |
| Type | Oil on canvas, portrait |
| Dimensions | 77.5 cm× 63.5 cm(30.5 in× 25.0 in) |
| Location | Private Collection |
Dorothea Jordan as Rosalind is an oil on canvas portrait painting by the English artist William Beechey of the Irish actress Dorothea Jordan. It was created in 1787. [1]
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Jordan was a leading actress on the London stage, appearing for many years at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. She was also the long-standing lover of the Duke of Clarence, a future monarch, with whom she had several children. She is portrayed in one of her best-known parts, the role of Rosalind from Shakespeare's As You Like It , in a breeches role when she is disguised as a boy. [2] Jordan's biographer Claire Tomalin considers it "the most beautiful of all the portraits of her". [3]
