Colley Cibber, Esqr : late Poet Laureat.

Description
Group Portraits
Creator
John Spilsbury, (London, Great Britain) (publisher)
Cibber, Colley, 1671-1757 (actor)
Charke, Charlotte, 1713-1760 (author)
Fisher, Edward, 1722-approximately 1782 (engraver)
Vanloo, Jean-Baptiste, 1684-1745 (artist)
Form
mezzotints (prints)
Date
1758
Subject
Theater Biography
Geographic Subject
United Kingdom -- London
Collection
Furness Theatrical Image Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
Extent
36.5 x 26.0 cm.
Notes
Notes about Charlotte Charke: Daughter of Colley Cibber.
Printed for John Spilsbury Engraver, Map & Print Seller in Russell-Court Covent-Garden London.
J. B. Vanloo pinx 1740 ; Edwd. Fisher fecit 1758.
The portrait apparently shows Colley Cibber with his daugher, Charlotte Charke, herself an author, actress, and theater manager.
Physical Location
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania: Furness, P/Ci100.3 ML, Large Box
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Resource Type
Still Image
Identifier
(FURNESSTHEATER)furness_pci100_3_ml

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