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Colley Cibber Esqr.

Print
1758 (published)
Artist/Maker
Fisher, Edward (engraver)
Loo, Jean-Baptiste Van (artist)
Place of origin
London (published)

Portrait of Colley Cibber seated, wearing a wig, holding a quill and sheet of paper, and resting his left elbow on a table; he is attended by a young woman. In the left background is a pilaster and column; to the right is a curtain. On the table is an ink well and sheets of paper.


Object details

Categories
Prints
Portraits
Object type
Print
TitleColley Cibber Esqr. (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Mezzotint
Mezzotint
Brief description
Print, portrait of Colley Cibber, mezzotint by Edward Fisher after Jean-Baptiste van Loo, 1758.
Physical description
Portrait of Colley Cibber seated, wearing a wig, holding a quill and sheet of paper, and resting his left elbow on a table; he is attended by a young woman. In the left background is a pilaster and column; to the right is a curtain. On the table is an ink well and sheets of paper.
Dimensions
  • Height: 35.9cm
  • Width: 25.7cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1959. London: HMSO, 1964.
Styles
French School
Rococo
Marks and inscriptions
'J. B. Vanloo pinx 1740. Edwd. Fisher fecit 1758.' (Lettered with name of sitter and)
Credit line
Given by Mrs E. B. Westwood
Production
The original portrait by van Loo was painted in 1740.
Subjects depicted
Woman
Actor
Writer
Drapery
Table
Column
Cibber, Colley
Bibliographic references
  • Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1959 . London: HMSO, 1964.
  • Smith, John Chaloner. British Mezzotinto Portraits. London: Henry Sotheran & Co., 1883.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.364-1959

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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