Scene in a farce calld. The Quaker [graphic].

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Title: Scene in a farce calld. The Quaker [graphic].
Alternative Title: Scene in a farce called The Quaker
Creator: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created: 1783.
Publication Place: London?
Publisher: publisher not identified
Abstract: Four characters participating in the quintet of the first act finale of Dibdin's "The Quaker" are shown here: Gillian and Floretta look over the garden wall while Steady attempts to keep Solomon from conversation with them
Description: Title etched below image.
Printmaker identified as Rowlandson in the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: K,57.124.
Plate dated "1783" in lower left corner.
Design includes portraits of the actors John Bannister and William Parsons. See British Museum online catalogue.
1 print : etching with stipple on laid paper ; plate mark 19.1 x 27.3 cm, on sheet 21.7 x 30.4 cm.
Formerly mounted on leaf 21 of volume 1 of 14 volumes.
Provenance: From a collection in fourteen volumes compiled by Francis Harvey and dispersed at auction, Sotheby, London, June 1900. Sold at Sotheby, London, 12 March 1919. Bequest of Hugh Dudley Auchincloss to Yale University Library, 1981. Bound by Riviere & Son in three-quarters red morocco with gold tooling and gold lettering on spine.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 19.1 x 27.2 cm, on sheet 23 x 35 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Genre: Portraits
Etchings England London 1783
Material: etching with stipple ;
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Dibdin, Charles, 1745-1814.
Bannister, John, 1760-1836
Parsons, William, 1736-1795
Subject (Topic): Singing
Garden walls
Theatrical productions
Subjects: Dibdin, Charles, 1745-1814
Bannister, John, 1760-1836 > Portraits
Parsons, William, 1736-1795 > Portraits
Singing
Garden walls
Theatrical productions
England > London > 1783
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

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