"Portrait of Samuel Foote in character; whole length, standing, wearing the latest 'French' fashions, including large fur muff, wig with pointed sides, mis-matched tights, and coat with over-sized cuffs; his outfit is scrutinized by two English gentlemen to the right; two men in background, one preparing a hat, bending over a dressing table with mirror."--British Museum online catalogue and On the back wall are two large framed pictures, both with scenes from mythology. On the left, Apollo with bow and arrow pursues Daphne who has begun the turn into a laurel tree. On the right, Leda and the swan
Alternative Title:
Buck metamorphosed and Mr. Foote in the character of the Englishman return'd from Paris
Description:
Title engraved below image., Date of publication based on the first performance of The Englishman returned from Paris, which premiered at Covent Garden Theatre in 1756., Probably published no later than 1760, when Robert Withy began trading on his own from a Cornhill address. His partnership with John Ryall, at the Fleet Street address listed here, is documented by prints and trade cards in the British Museum from the 1750s. See British Museum online catalogue., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., For a probable reissue of this plate, published by C. Sheppard in the 1790s, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: K,60.14., Cf. Catalogue of engraved British portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, v. 2, page 231, no. 15., and Mounted to 37 x 27 cm.
Publisher:
Printed for John Ryall & Robt. Withy, at Hogarth's Head in Fleet Street
Subject (Name):
Foote, Samuel, 1720-1777. and Foote, Samuel, 1720-1777
Green, J. H. (John Hippisley), 1753- printmaker, artist
Published / Created:
[1803]
Call Number:
Folio 53 Sh52 M78
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
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., and Pencil annotation on verso: Mrs. Green daughter of Hippisley the commedian [sic]. See Genest vol. IV - p. 253.
Publisher:
Published 1803 by J.H. Green, No. 1 Wells Street, Oxford Street
Subject (Name):
Green, Jane, 1719-1791, and Foote, Samuel, 1720-1777.