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Paintings: G0095
Title
Mrs Brooks
Technique
Oil on canvas
Subject
Character
Leonora : The Revenge
Artist
Dimensions
Height: 37.7cm
Width: 28.4cm
height (frame): 47cm
width (frame): 37cm
Width: 28.4cm
height (frame): 47cm
width (frame): 37cm
Provenance
John Bell; Charles Mathews
Other number
Mathews 80
RW/CKA 241
RW/CKA 241
Exhibition history
1833 London, Queen's Bazaar, Oxford Street, "Mr Mathews's Gallery of Theatrical Portraits" (80)
Engraving history
J. Chapman for Bell's British Library 9 March 1793, line 10.8x8, pub. Bell's "British Theatre" (1797), vol 8, with quotation: "Your sighs are mine, my Lord, and I shall feel them all" (Act iv)
Mrs Brooks wears a pale blue full-skirted dress with a low ruff and a long gauze veil. Described as tall, with an elegant figure and a beautiful face, Mrs Brooks acted at the Haymarket Theatre from 1786 to 1794, playing innocent young ladies, such as Miss Richland in “The Good-Natured Man” and Cecilia in “The Chapter of Accidents”.
Young's tragedy was first performed at Drury Lane on 18 April 1721. Mrs Brooks never played Leonora in London.
Young's tragedy was first performed at Drury Lane on 18 April 1721. Mrs Brooks never played Leonora in London.
