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Miss Jordan as Priscilla Tomboy in The Romp
Miss Jordan as Priscilla Tomboy in The Romp

Miss Jordan as Priscilla Tomboy in The Romp

Maker (British, 1755 - 1834)
ClassificationsDRAWINGS
Dateca.1785
Mediumpen and watercolor
Dimensions5 1/8 × 3 3/8 in. (13 × 8.6 cm.) mat: 19 × 12 1/2 in. (48.3 × 31.8 cm.)
Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. Sir Bruce Ingram Collection
Label TextWell-known book illustrator Thomas Stothard produced this series of portrait drawings of famous actors and actresses, shown in character from several popular productions, as illustrations for a publication on English theater. Contemporary audiences often associated the lifestyle of players, especially actresses, with worldly vice. Indeed, Elizabeth Farren was as well known for her very public affair with the Earl of Derby, who she later married, as she was for her acting skill. When extracted from their publication by diligent collectors, the prints after these drawings often reappeared in extra-illustrated books, indicating their popularity.
Status
Not on view
Object number63.52.249
Terms
    Miss Brown in the Romp
    Miss Brown in the Romp
    Thomas Stothard
    Object number: 63.52.246
    Miss Brunton in The Orphan
    Miss Brunton in The Orphan
    Thomas Stothard
    ca.1785
    Object number: 63.52.247
    Miss Farren and Mr. Kemble as "Emmeline" and "Arthur"
    Miss Farren and Mr. Kemble as "Emmeline" and "Arthur"
    Thomas Stothard
    ca.1786
    Object number: 63.52.248
    Mrs. Yates [or Mrs. Siddons (?)]
    Mrs. Yates [or Mrs. Siddons (?)]
    Thomas Stothard
    ca.1783
    Object number: 63.52.250
    Mrs Billington in Artaxerxes
    Mrs Billington in Artaxerxes
    Thomas Stothard
    ca.1788
    Object number: 63.52.245
    David Wilson Jordan
    David Wilson Jordan
    Thomas Eakins
    1899
    Object number: 99.27
    Design Connected with Vase for Sir Henry Russel
    Design Connected with Vase for Sir Henry Russel
    Thomas Stothard
    n.d.
    Object number: 67.55.14
    Two Men Talking
    Two Men Talking
    Thomas Stothard
    n.d.
    Object number: 67.55.13
    Two Figures Sheltering
    Two Figures Sheltering
    Thomas Stothard
    n.d.
    Object number: 67.55.15
    Henry VIII, Act I Scene IV
    Henry VIII, Act I Scene IV
    Thomas Stothard
    n.d.
    Object number: 67.55.11
    Figures Climbing
    Figures Climbing
    Thomas Stothard
    n.d.
    Object number: 67.55.12
    Three Figures in Classical Dress
    Three Figures in Classical Dress
    Thomas Stothard
    n.d.
    Object number: 67.55.1