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P1437
Prints: P1437
Title
Mr Quick
Subject
Artist
Date
1791
Dimensions
height: 15.5cm
width: 10cm
width: 10cm
Other materials
etching
Inscription/signature
"Act V. LOVE MAKES A MAN. Scene II/ De Wilde ad viv pixt. A. Smith Sculpt/ MR QUICK as DON LEWIS/ Thy House ! ha! ha! well said Puppy./ London. Printed for B.Bell. British Library, Strand, May 10. 1791"
Provenance
Formerly in the collection of Professor Jim Davis, acquired by the Garrick Club in 2024
Other number
E0162
This print depicts the actor Mr. Quick in the role of Don Lewis in Colley Cibber's play 'Love Makes a Man'. He is depicted full length in a room facing slightly to the left. He leans on a walking stick with his right hand. He wears a lavish costume of a lace trimmed cape, breeches with tassels, an embroidered doubled and a feathered hat.
