"Portrait, half-length to front and looking to the left, his right arm leaning on ledge and holding compasses, wearing long wig and chain and badge; arms below; lettered state."--British Museum online catalogue
By permission of the Right Hon. the Lord-Mayor. At the Theatre in Smock-Alley. By particular desire of several ladies of quality. For the benefit of John Burns, born deaf and dumb
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Subject (Name):
Vanbrugh, John, 1664-1726. and Townley, James, 1714-1778.
Manuscript adaptation of Vanbrugh's play of 1705, itself an adaptation of Flourent-Carton Dancourt's "Bourgoises a la mode" of 1692. The play is farcical representation of middle-class citizens attempting to act like nobility. A verse prologue states ...