Prints: P1509

Title

Elizabeth Hopkins

Subject

Hopkins, Elizabeth

Date

1777

Dimensions

height: 19.9cm
width: 11.5cm

Inscription/signature

Printed on front: "Act V. FUNERAL. Scene 8. / Published for Bells British Theatre Novr. 1777. / Mrs. HOPKINS in the Character of LADY BRUMPTON. / _ he left you Sir this Shilling with which Estate you now are Earl of Brumpton."

Provenance

Presented by Michael Gaunt, March 2024.

Other number

E0159

Print depicting actress Elizabeth Hopkins as Lady Brumpton in Act V, Scene 8 of Richard Steele's 'The Funeral'. Hopkins is depicted full length and standing facing the left. She wears a long-sleeved black dress that flares at the hip and has a white bow trim on the neckline, and a large draped headdress.