Prints: P1357

Title

Mrs Rock as Viletta

Subject

Rock, Edward Anthony (Mrs)

Character

Viletta : She Wou'd and She Wou'd Not; or The Kind Imposter

Artist

Thornthwaite, Joseph [ Print made by ]
De Wilde, Samuel [ Copy after ]

Date

1791

Dimensions

height (mount): 21.5cm
width (mount): 15.6cm
height: 15.1cm
width: 10.2cm

Other materials

Engraving

Inscription/signature

Top of image: "Act III. SHE WOULD AND SHE WOULD NOT. Scene I." Bottom of image: "De Wilde pinxt. Thornthwaite Sculpt. / MRS. ROCK as VILETTA. / Indeed my friend, you are too ugly for me; tho' I am / not handsome myself, I love to play with those that are. / London. Printed for J. Bell. British Library. Strand. October 27 1791."

Provenance

Presented by Mr Michael Gaunt, March 2023.

Other number

E0136

Print depicting the actress Mrs Edward Anthony Rock as Viletta in 'She Would and She Would Not; or The Kind Imposter' by Colley Cibber. The character is shown full-length and standing in a listening pose outside a half-open door. She wears a large straw hat with white satin ribbons and ostrich feathers. Her dress has a white bodice and ruching on the skirt.

For performance history for Mrs Rock as Viletta and the orignal painted version by Samuel de Wilde, see G0724.