Richard Earlom, 1743–1822, Britishafter Johan Joseph Zoffany, 1733–1810, German, active in Britain (from 1760)Published by Robert Sayer, 1725–1794, British
Title:
Thomas King and Sophia Baddely in "The Clandestine Marriage"
Date:
1772
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 18 3/4 x 22 5/8 inches (47.6 x 57.5 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, on back, upper left: "11-1"; on back, lower right: "Thomas King & Sophia Baddeley | for King & Miss B. in the Character of | Lord Ogeby & Miss Fanny Sterling"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.14614
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
men | woman | wigs | portrait | gesture | marriage | hat | brocade | corsage | coat | dress | kerchief | landscape | gown | actress | trees | actors | literary theme | theater (discipline) | plays by George Colman the elder (bap. 1732, d. 1794) and David Garrick (1717–1779) | play | The Clandestine Marriage, 1766
Currently On View:
Not on view
Publications:
John Chaloner Smith, British mezzotinto portraits, being a descriptive catalogue of these engravings from the introduction of the art to the early part of the present century : arranged according to the engravers, the inscriptions given at full length, and the variations of state precisely set forth : acc , Martino Pub., Mansfield Centre, CT, 2004, Earlom no. 26, NE1816.G7 S58 2004