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Paintings: G0113
Title
Andrew Cherry
Technique
Oil on panel
Subject
Character
Item : The Deserted Daughter
Artist
Dimensions
Height: 23.5cm
Width: 19.3cm
height (frame): 33cm
width (frame): 29cm
Width: 19.3cm
height (frame): 33cm
width (frame): 29cm
Provenance
Charles Mathews
Other number
Mathews 140
RW/CKA 228
RW/CKA 228
Exhibition history
1833 London, Queen's Bazaar, Oxford Street, "Mr Mathews's Gallery of Theatrical Portraits" (140)
In Act V, scene 12, Item, a dishonest steward, attempts to recover his account book from his nephew Clement, who has found it on a table. The account book chronicles Item's dirty dealings, and he pleads with Clement, "My dear nephew! my good boy! My kind Clement! I'll suply all your wants! I'll pay your debts! I'll never deny any thing you want!" Item wears a brown coat and waistcoat and a curly brown wig. He scratches the palm of his left hand in a cambistic manner.
Holcroft's comedy was first performed at Covent Garden on 2 May 1795. It was based partly on Richard Cumberland's comedy, “The Fashionable Lover”. Quick was the original Item. Cherry did not act the role in London during the eighteenth century. See G0114.
Holcroft's comedy was first performed at Covent Garden on 2 May 1795. It was based partly on Richard Cumberland's comedy, “The Fashionable Lover”. Quick was the original Item. Cherry did not act the role in London during the eighteenth century. See G0114.
