FLO4568609: Portrait of actor William Smith in the role of Richard III (play by William Shakespeare (1564-1616). He is a fencing guard, wearing panties and stockings, puffy sleeves and bare head. Smith led his career from 1753 to 1788 in London and was renowned for his delicate and sensitive interpretations of a refined gentleman. Engraving in “” Bell's Shakespeare”” by John Bell, London (England, 1776 to 1785. / Bridgeman Images