A Birmingham enamel theatrical portrait plaque c.1780-90, the oval form printed in manganese with a half-length portrait of Samuel Reddish in the role of Young Bevil, mounted in a gilt metal frame, some cracking, 8.2cm.Provenance: the Watney Collection.The print is taken from a 1777 engraving in Bell~s British Theatre, signed I Roberts, of Mr Reddish in his role in The Conscious Lovers. Samuel Reddish (1735-85) was an actor and director from Frome, who played Macduff opposite Garrick~s Macbeth in 1767. In 1779 he began to show signs of forgetfulness, and in 1785 is recorded as dying in the York asylum as a lunatic.