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Print made by James Watson, 1740–1790, British, Mrs. Abington as 'the Comic Muse', ca. 1769
- Title:
Mrs. Abington as 'the Comic Muse'
- Date:
- ca. 1769
- Medium:
- Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 26 1/4 × 18 1/2 inches (66.7 × 47 cm), Plate: 25 1/4 × 15 inches (64.1 × 38.1 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and gray ink, lower center: "Mrs Abington"; inscribed in pen and gray ink, center right: "No.6"
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- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1970.3.54
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- actress | performance | portrait | stage | theater (discipline) | woman
- Associated People:
- Abington, Frances (1737–1815), actress
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:21942
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