Print made by John Faber the Younger, ca. 1695–1756, Netherlandish, active in Britain, Margaret Woffington as Mrs. Ford in "The Merry Wives of Windsor", 1751
- Title:
Margaret Woffington as Mrs. Ford in "The Merry Wives of Windsor"
- Date:
- 1751
- Medium:
- Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 19 3/4 × 14 inches (50.2 × 35.6 cm), Image: 19 × 13 3/4 inches (48.3 × 34.9 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso in graphite, lower left: "#52"; lower center: "5v"
Lettered below image, lower left: "E Haytley Pinx."; center: "Mrs Margaret Woffington In the Character of Mrs. Ford in the Merry Wives of Windsor"; lower right: "J Faber fecit 1751 | sold at the Golden Head near the Church Bloomsbury Square"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1970.3.539
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- actress | costume | gloves | literary theme | plays by William Shakespeare | The Merry Wives of Windsor, play by William Shakespeare
- Associated People:
- Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
Woffington, Margaret [Peg] (1720?–1760), actress
Mistress Ford (character in The Merry Wives of Windsor) - Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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