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John Thornthwaite (b.1740, fl.1771-95)
Mrs Pope in the Character of Cleopatra 1786
Etching and engraving | 11.0 x 7.2 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 664499
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A print of Elizabeth Younge (Mrs Pope) as Cleopatra from Shakespeare's Anthony and Cleopatra. She is shown full length, seated, her face in profile to the right. Her right arm is in her lap and she raises her left hand to touch her chin. 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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Etching and engraving
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11.0 x 7.2 cm (sheet of paper)
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O'D 2
