Portraits of theatrical performers
Portraits of theatrical performers

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Portraits of theatrical performers

Sylvester Harding, 1745–1808; born Newcastle-under-Lyme, England; died London, England
x1943-60

Information

Title
Portraits of theatrical performers
Maker
Sylvester Harding
Medium
Watercolor
Dimensions
30.5 x 23.5 cm (12 x 9 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Dickson Q. Brown, Class of 1895
Object Number
x1943-60
Culture
British
Type
watercolors, drawings
Materials
watercolor, paper (fiber product)
Subject
comedy, tragedy, portraits, women, actors, figures (representations), personification

Victor Winthrop Newman (1860–?); [Anderson Galleries, New York, Newman Sale, February 2nd and 3rd, 1920, lot no. 56, $25]. Dickson Q. Brown (1873–1939); gifted to the Princeton University Art Museum, before 1943.

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