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This print illustrates Charles Dibdin's comic opera "The Quaker." In Act 1, scene 10, showing the actors Parsons and Bannister singing, watched by Gillian and Floretta (played by Mrs Wrighten and Miss Walpole).
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Title: Scene in a Farce called The Quaker
Artist:
Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757–1827 London)
Sitter:
John Bannister (British, Deptford 1760–1836 London)
Sitter:
William Parsons (British, 1735–1795 London)
Author:
Related dramatist Charles Dibdin (British, 1745–1814)
Date: December 22, 1783
Medium: Hand-colored etching
Dimensions:
Sheet (inset): 8 3/8 × 11 1/2 in. (21.2 × 29.2 cm)
Plate: 7 9/16 × 10 3/4 in. (19.2 × 27.3 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959
Accession Number: 59.533.20
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