- Title:
- Jack Bannister in his Dressing Room
- Additional Title(s):
- John Bannister in his Dressing Room at Drury Lane
- Date:
- 1783
- Materials & Techniques:
- Gray wash with pen and brown ink over graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Mount: 8 11/16 x 6 7/16 inches (22.1 x 16.4 cm), Sheet: 6 3/4 x 4 9/16 inches (17.1 x 11.6 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Collector's mark: Thomas Esmond Lowinsky (Lugt 2420a)
Inscribed in pen and brown ink, upper center: "From Old Jack Bannister 65 Gowen St. | to his Young Friend Wm. Henderson"; in black ink, lower right: "Sketch'd from Mm. Bannister Jun. {?] in his Dressing | Room at Drury Lane- Dec. 23-83--"; inscribed on verso in brown ink, center right: "Wit be the Prologue which adorns his head | and frame his final epilogue when dead"; in graphite, center: "Long and brilliant be the prologue | Long (in coming) [too?] the Epilogue"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1975.3.66
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- actor | dressing room | portrait | profile | seated | standing
- Associated People:
- Bannister, John (1760–1836), actor
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
Note: The Study Room is open by appointment. Please visit the Study Room page on our website for more details. - Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:5593
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