Not currently on display at the V&A

Print

ca. 1760 (made)
Artist/Maker

India proof engraving of Peg Woffington, half-length. She turns to the viewer's right, but looks directly at the viewer with her arms folded across her body.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Engraving, india proof
Brief description
India proof engraving depicting Peg Woffington as Mistress Ford in The Merry Wives of Windsor, ca.1760
Physical description
India proof engraving of Peg Woffington, half-length. She turns to the viewer's right, but looks directly at the viewer with her arms folded across her body.
Dimensions
  • Sheet height: 19cm
  • Sheet width: 14.2cm
Credit line
Accepted by HM Government in lieu of Inheritance Tax and allocated to the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1996
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
S.391-1997

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Record createdOctober 20, 2009
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