File:Ira Aldridge as Aaron in Titus Andronicus.jpg

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English: Ira Aldridge as Aaron in Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus. Quote: "He dies upon my scimetar's [sic] sharp point, / That touches this my first-born son and heir!" Act 4, sc. 2.

Français : Ira Aldridge jouant Aaron dans Titus Andronicus de William Shakespeare, vers 1852. Citation : "Il meurt sous mon cimeterre / celui qui touche mon premier fils et héritier" (Acte 4, Scène 2).

Date

circa 1852

Source

Library of Congress

Author

From a daguerreotype by William Paine of Islington. Printed by The London Printing and Publishing Company.

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	05:06, 11 July 2010	3,968 × 6,200 (10.14 MB)	Adam Cuerden	Reverted to version as of 23:39, 9 July 2010 - Please don't do that while the image is up at FPC
	11:40, 10 July 2010	3,968 × 6,200 (8.52 MB)	LobStoR	reduced palette from 24-bit RGB to 8-bit greyscale
	23:39, 9 July 2010	3,968 × 6,200 (10.14 MB)	Adam Cuerden	A little more cleanup of the right side paper
	14:08, 9 July 2010	3,968 × 6,200 (10.18 MB)	Adam Cuerden	Remove some more dirt; adjust levels slightly.
	13:17, 9 July 2010	3,968 × 6,200 (10.03 MB)	Adam Cuerden	{\|border=1 \|This is a lossless, PNG version of File:Ira_Aldridge_as_Aaron_in_Titus_Andronicus_-_original.jpg, which is the original of File:Ira_Aldridge_as_Aaron_in_Titus_Andronicus.jpg. While Wikipedia cannot ''currently'' display large PNGs, i