Dorothea Jordan (1761-1816) as Hypolita in Colley Cibber's She Would and She Would Not (after John Hoppner)
John Jones (London c.1745 – 1797)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1800 - 1899
Materials
paint
Measurements
560 x 480 mm
Order this imageCollection
Fenton House, London
NT 1448652
Summary
Engraving, Dorothea Jordan (1761-1816) as Hypolita in Colley Cibber's She Would and She Would Not (after John Hoppner) by John Jones (London c.1745 – 1797). This portrait shows her in one of her most popular 'breeches' roles in Cibber's She Would and She Would Not, where she dresses as a young soldier to follow her lover to Madrid.
Makers and roles
John Jones (London c.1745 – 1797), engraver (printmaker) after John Hoppner, RA (London 1758 – London 1810), artist