drawing
- Museum number
- 1882,0513.23
- Description
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Portrait of Master Betty as Orestes in 'The Distrest Mother'; whole-length in classical armour with plumed helmet and looking to left, his right hand holding handle of sword to left. 1805
Graphite with red chalk and watercolour
- Production date
- 1805
- Dimensions
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Height: 364 millimetres
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Width: 223 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- On acquisition identified as playing Tom Thumb at the Haymarket Theatre.
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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1949 Jul-Sep, Port Sunlight, Lady Lever AG, 'Art and the theatre', no.36
1974 July-Dec, BM, Portrait Drawings, no.273
1975 Aug-Oct, Hayward Gallery, 'The Georgian Playhouse', no.197
- Associated titles
Associated Title: The Distrest Mother
- Acquisition date
- 1882
- Acquisition notes
- Purchased from a Mr West
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1882,0513.23
