print
- Museum number
- 1906,0419.130
- Title
- Object: Nancy
- Description
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Portrait of the actress Charlotte Walpole dressed as a sentry at Cox Heath in her role as Nancy in R.B. Sheridan's 'The Camp', standing on a hill above a military camp at left which she points towards, a cabin with letters 'CW' on the side and smoking chimney behind; after Bunbury, published state after change of title. 1780
Etching and stipple
- Production date
- 1780
- Dimensions
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Height: 247 millimetres
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Width: 205 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- The orignal title of the print was 'Miss Walpole'; it is the third in a series with 'A Visit to the Camp' and 'The Recruits' (see BMSat 4765-66 at J,6.45 & 47)
(Information from Tim Clayton) 'The Camp' was first produced at Drury Lane Theatre, London, on 15 October 1778 and was frequently performed 1778-80. The production concluded with 'a perspective Representation of the Grand Camp at Cox-Heath, from a View taken by De Loutherbourg and executed under his direction' (quoted in The London Stage, part 5, ed. C. B. Hogan, Carbondale, Illinois, 1968, I, p. 208).
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1906
- Acquisition notes
- The prints were selected from a 'fine and extensive collection' in the hands of Messrs Rimell in order to fill gaps in the BM collection.
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1906,0419.130
