Mrs. Green as Mrs. Cadwallader, 1776 [graphic].

Description

Title: Mrs. Green as Mrs. Cadwallader, 1776 [graphic].
Creator: Green, J. H. (John Hippisley), 1753- printmaker, artist
Contributor: Green, J. H. 1753- publisher.
Published / Created: [1803]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Published 1803 by J.H. Green, No. 1 Wells Street, Oxford Street
Abstract: "Portrait of the actress Jane Green, in character in Foote's 'The Author'; half length, to the front, looking to the left; wearing hat perched on top of raised hairstyle; a sunflower pinned to dress."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Artist and printmaker identified as J.H. Green in the Catalogue of engraved British portraits.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides.
Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm.
Mounted before page 101 (leaf numbered '151' in pencil) in volume 1 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Pencil annotation on verso: Mrs. Green daughter of Hippisley the commedian [sic]. See Genest vol. IV - p. 253.
Provenance: Formerly owned by R.B. Sheridan (the dramatist's grandson), who undertook the copious extra-illustration of the volumes. Later owned by Sheridan's descendant Lady Wavertree. Sotheby's, 25 May 1954 (Lady Wavertree sale), lot 266, to Maggs for W.S. Lewis.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 21.7 x 14 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English