Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
George Beare, active 1738–1749, British
Title:
An Unknown Woman, Called Peg Woffington
Date:
between 1740 and 1749
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
30 x 25 inches (76.2 x 63.5 cm)
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1981.25.38
Classification:
Paintings
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Subject Terms:
fur | portrait | costume | woman | actress | bonnet
Currently On View:
Not on view
Publications:
Malcolm Cormack, Concise Catalogue of Paintings in the Yale Center for British Art, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 1985, pp. 20-21, N590.2 A83 (YCBA)

Painting in England 1700-1850 from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, The Royal Academy of Arts Winter Exhibition 1964-65., , Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK, 1964, p. 60 (v.1), no. 218, pl. 11, ND466 R68 1964/65 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:551