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John Boyne
approximately 1750-1810
Scrub & Archer / IB.
etching with engraving
image: 185 x 176 mm; plate mark: 213 x 202 mm; sheet: 225 x 199 mm
Peel 2452
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Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
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Title etched below image.
Print reissued with the imprint of W. Humphrey, dated August 1, 1783.
Summary:
In imitation of a scene from Act 3 of Farquhar's "The beaux' stratagem," Charles Fox as Scrub, and Lord North as Archer, sit in close conference discussing Perdita's infidelity while Mrs. Robinson (Perdita) as Gipsey, watches them standing behind their chairs. On the wall hangs the portrait of Col. Tarleton, with whom she was involved.
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