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M.r John Hippisley, Comedian. in the Character of Scapin. Drawn & Etched by John Hippisley Green from an original Picture in his Possession.
Published June 30, 1801, at N.º 1, Wells Street, Oxford Street.
Scarce etching. 245 x 170mm (9¾ x 6¾"). Loss in margin lower right, glue stains in corners.
A half length portrait of John Hippisley (1696-1748), wearing a coat with slashed sleeve, counting on his fingers, in Otway's adaptation of Molière 'The Cheats of Scapin'. The etcher authored 'The Complete Aquatinter: being the whole process of etching and engraving in aquatinta'. He was probably the son of the actor's daughter Jane Green (1719-1791), also an actress.
[Ref: 69183] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Published June 30, 1801, at N.º 1, Wells Street, Oxford Street.
Scarce etching. 245 x 170mm (9¾ x 6¾"). Loss in margin lower right, glue stains in corners.
A half length portrait of John Hippisley (1696-1748), wearing a coat with slashed sleeve, counting on his fingers, in Otway's adaptation of Molière 'The Cheats of Scapin'. The etcher authored 'The Complete Aquatinter: being the whole process of etching and engraving in aquatinta'. He was probably the son of the actor's daughter Jane Green (1719-1791), also an actress.
[Ref: 69183] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)