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Print made by Thomas Park, ca. 1760–1834, British, Mrs. Jordan in the Character of the Comic Muse, 1787
- Title:
Mrs. Jordan in the Character of the Comic Muse
- Date:
- 1787
- Medium:
- handcolored, mezzotint (second state) on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 27 7/16 × 17 7/8 inches (69.7 × 45.4 cm), Image: 25 13/16 × 17 5/8 inches (65.6 × 44.8 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered, lower left: "Paintred by J. Hoppner."; lettered, lower right: "Engraved by T. Park."; lettered, lower center: "Mrs. JORDAN in the CHARACTER of the COMIC MUSE; | Supported by Euphrosyne, who represses the Advances of a Satyr. | London Pulished by T. Park no.22 Jermyn Street, August 1s, 1787."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1970.3.403
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- clouds | dresses | forest | harp | ivy | lust | masks | mountain | religious and mythological subject | sash | satyr | sky | spying | Thalia (one of the Muses); 'Talia' (Ripa) | women
- Associated People:
- Dorothy Jordan
muse of comedy - Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:22093
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