print
- Museum number
- 1933,1014.322
- Title
- Object: Mr Bannister in the Character of Miss Polly Peachum
- Description
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The actor Charles Bannister, standing, dressed as Polly Peachum, with a small lace cap and wide bow at the waist, holding a closed fan in front of him in his right hand, looking away to the left. c.1781
Etching, aquatint and some roulette
- Production date
- 1781
- Dimensions
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Height: 250 millimetres
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Width: 176 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- This is closely related to a plate by John Raphael Smith (D'Oench 183) from which it has sometimes been said to have been copied. But according to an inscription by Miss Banks on her impression of Smith's print, Smith had copied from Sayers (Y.10-7).
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: The Beggar's Opera (1728)
- Acquisition date
- 1933
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1933,1014.322
