Prints: P1366

Title

Mrs. Mowatt as Beatrice

Subject

Mowatt, Anna Cora

Artist

The London Printing and Publishing CompanyPaine, William

Dimensions

height: 26.7cm
width: 18cm

Other materials

Engraving

Inscription/signature

"MRS. MOWATT AS BEATRICE. / BEAT: No, sure, my lord, my mother cried; / But then there was a star danced, / And under that was I born. / MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING / Act 2, Sc 1. / From a Daguerreotype by Paine of Islington. / THE LONDON PRINTING AND PUBLISHING COMPANY"

Provenance

Presented by Mr Michael Gaunt, March 2023.

Other number

E0136

Print of actress Anna Cora Mowatt as Beatrice in Act 2, Scene 1 of 'Much Ado About Nothing' by William Shakespeare. Mowatt is depicted full length and standing in an architectural background with an open doorway leading to a garden. She wears a floor-length bodiced gown with short voluminous sleeves and she holds a white feather fan in her left hand. The image is set within a decorative frame.