| Dorothea Jordan as Rosalind | |
| Artist: | William Beechey |
| Year: | 1787 |
| Type: | Oil on canvas, portrait |
| Height Metric: | 77.5 |
| Width Metric: | 63.5 |
| Metric Unit: | cm |
| Imperial Unit: | in |
| Museum: | Private Collection |
Dorothea Jordan as Rosalind is a 1787 portrait painting by the English artist William Beechey of the Irish actress Dorothea Jordan.[1]
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]