Mrs. Susanna Cent-Livre
The sitter in this portrait was both actress and dramatist. Born in Ireland, she was said to have left home at fifteen and lived in Cambridge with an undergraduate Anthony Hammond, donning boy's attire so she could attend lectures. In London she began to act and write plays, notably "The Perjured Husband," "Love's Contrivance" (1703), and "The Wonder" (1714). An early marriage to a Mr. Fox was brief and a second union with an officer Carroll ended when he was killed in a duel. In 1724 or 1725, she married Joseph Centlivre.
Artwork Details
- Title: Mrs. Susanna Cent-Livre
- Artist: Engraved and published London by Peter Pelham (American (born England), London 1697–1751 Boston, Massachusetts)
- Artist: After D. Fermin (British, active ca. 1700–1720)
- Sitter: Mrs. Susanna Centlivre (British (born Ireland), ca. 1667–1723)
- Date: 1720
- Medium: Mezzotint; second state of three
- Dimensions: Sheet (trimmed): 13 1/4 x 9 3/8 in. (33.6 x 23.8 cm)
- Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
- Object Number: 17.3.756–1215
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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