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- Title:
John Quick and John Fawcett in Thomas Moreton's "The Way to Get Married"
- Former Title(s):
John Quick as Toby Allspice and John Fawcett as Dashall in 'The Way to Get Married' by Thomas Morton
Scene in the Way to get Married [1796, Royal Academy of Arts, London, exhibition catalogue]
- Date:
- 1796
- Medium:
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions:
- 28 3/4 x 25 3/4 inches (73 x 65.4 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed various trompe l'oeil writing
Signed and dated, lower left: "S. De Wilde, Pinx 1796"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1981.25.240
- Classification:
- Paintings
- Collection:
- Paintings and Sculpture
- Link to Frame:
- B1981.25.240FR
- Subject Terms:
- blue | books | boxes | boxes (containers) | chair | comedy | desk | eyeglasses | fireplace | gold | hat | men | portrait | room | theater
- Associated People:
- Quick, John (1748–1831), actor
Fawcett, John (1769–1837), actor and playwright - Access:
- Not on view
Note: To make an appointment to see this work, please contact the Paintings and Sculpture department at ycba.paintings@yale.edu. Please visit the Paintings and Sculpture collections page on our website for more details. - Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:748
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