Prints: P1523

Title

Mr Parsons

Subject

Parsons, William

Artist

Harding, SylvesterParker, James

Date

1795

Dimensions

height: 22.7cm
width: 13.8cm

Inscription/signature

Printed on front: "EUROPEAN MAGAZINE / S. Harding. del. / J. Parker, Sc. / Mr. PARSONS / In the Character of Alscrip, in the Comedy if the Heiress. / My Daughter maintains all fashions are founded in sense / Scod the tightness of my Wig, and the stiffness of my cape, / give me the sense of the pillory - / Act 2d. Scene 2d. / Pubd/ 1 April 1795 by J Sewell No. 32 Cornhill."

Provenance

Presented by Michael Gaunt, March 2024.

Other number

E0159

Print depicting actor William Parsons as Alscrip in John Burgoyne's 'The Heiress'. Parsons is depicted half length and facing the left in an oval frame. He wears a coat and white ruffle shirt, he holds a rolled up document in his right hand and a tricorn hat rests under his left arm.