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Paintings: G0056
Title
Robert Bensley
Technique
Oil on canvas
Subject
Character
Oakly : The Jealous Wife
Artist
Dimensions
Height: 36cm
Width: 27.2cm
height (frame): 46cm
width (frame): 37.5cm
Width: 27.2cm
height (frame): 46cm
width (frame): 37.5cm
Other materials
Relined on canvas 36.8x28.4
Provenance
John Bell; Charles Mathews
Other number
Mathews 174
RW/CKA 432
RW/CKA 432
Exhibition history
1833 London, Queen's Bazaar, Oxford Street, "Mr Mathews's Gallery of Theatrical Portraits" (174)
Engraving history
Philippe Audinet for Bell's British Library 27 October 1792, line 11.5x8.2, published Bell's "British Theatre" (1797), vol.20, with the quotation: "Lord this is the strangest Misapprehension! I am quite astonished."
Ferguson pub. W. Jones, Dublin, n. d.
Anon. For C. Cooke 2 April 1807, line 12.2x7.4
The scene is set in a room in Oakly's house, in Act II, scene 2. Oakly, standing full-length, wears black shoes with silver buckles, white stockings, black breeches, a crimson velvet jacket, a white waistcoat, and a high white stock with rosette. There is a marble "Adam" fireplace on the right.
The elder George Colman's comedy was first performed at Drury Lane on 12 February 1761, with Garrick as Oakly. Bensley's first performance in the role was at Drury Lane on 25 September 1788, and his last performance of it before De Wilde painted his picture was on 29 September 1789.
The elder George Colman's comedy was first performed at Drury Lane on 12 February 1761, with Garrick as Oakly. Bensley's first performance in the role was at Drury Lane on 25 September 1788, and his last performance of it before De Wilde painted his picture was on 29 September 1789.
