Mrs Wells in the Character of Lavinia published 12 April 1785

Etching and engraving | 12.3 x 7.6 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 663653

John Thornthwaite (b.1740, fl.1771-95)

Description

A print of Mary Wells as Lavinia in Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus. She is shown full length, facing the spectator, holding a spear in her right hand, with her left extended. This is a plate to John Bell's edition of Shakespeare.

For Bell's Shakespeare, see Kalman A. Burnim and Philip J. Highfill, John Bell, Patron of British Theatrical Portraiture. A Catalog of the Theatrical Portraits in His Editions of Bell's Shakespeare and Bell's British Theatre, 1998
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Creator(s)

Search the collection John Thornthwaite (b.1740, fl.1771-95)
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Search the collection Bell, J., British Library, Strand
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Subject(s)

Search the collection Mary Wells (fl.1781-1811)
Physical properties

Medium and techniques

Etching and engraving

engraving

Measurements

12.3 x 7.6 cm (sheet of paper)
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visual works
prints
References

Other number(s)

O'D : O'Donoghue, F., 1908. Engraved British Portraits Preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum. Volume I-V, London – O'D 5

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