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Object Type: print
Museum number: K,63.125
Title: Object: Mr Shuter, Mr Quick, and Mrs Green in the characters of Hardcastle, Tony Lumpkin & Mrs Hardcastle
Description: Scene from Goldsmith's play 'She Stoops to Conquer'; whole-length, Shuter on the left, right hand raised as Green kneels before him, pleading for her life; Quick on the right, holding a whip and pointing in amusement to the pair; landscape in the background. 1776 Mezzotint
Producer name: Print made by: Robert Laurie (?); After: Thomas Parkinson; Published by: Robert Sayer; Published by: John Bennett
School/style: British
Production date: 1776
Production place: Published in: London (England)
Materials: paper
Technique: mezzotint
Dimensions: Height: 253 millimetres; Width: 355 millimetres
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Curator's comments: A smaller version of a print by Laurie. Chaloner Smith queries whether it is by the same printmaker due to its inferior quality. For the larger version by Laurie see 1902,1011.3042.
Bibliographic references: Chaloner Smith 1883 / British Mezzotinto portraits from the introduction of the art to the early part of the present century ((35)) (related (see bottom of page 808))
Location: Not on display
Subjects: theatre/theatrical life
Associated names: Portrait of: Edward Shuter; Portrait of: Jane Green; Portrait of: John Quick; Illustration to: Oliver Goldsmith
Associated titles
Acquisition name: Purchased from: Dr Charles Burney (estate of)
Acquisition date: 1818
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: K,63.125

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