Samuel De Wilde, 1748–1832, British, Thomas King in "The Clandestine Marriage" by George Colman and David Garrick, ca. 1792
- Title:
- Thomas King in "The Clandestine Marriage" by George Colman and David Garrick
- Former Title(s):
- Thomas King as Lord Ogleby
- Date:
- ca. 1792
- Materials & Techniques:
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions:
- 14 x 10 3/4 inches (35.6 x 27.3 cm)
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1981.25.238
- Classification:
- Paintings
- Collection:
- Paintings and Sculpture
- Link to Frame:
- B1981.25.238FR
- Subject Terms:
- actor | boxes (containers) | bridge (built work) | costume | hat | pink (color) | portrait | theater
- Associated People:
- King, Thomas (1730–1805), actor and theatre manager
Colman, George, the elder (bap. 1732, d. 1794), playwright and theatre manager - Access:
- Not on view
- Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:746
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Thomas King originated the role of Lord Ogleby when the comedy The Clandestine Marriage made its debut at Drury Lane on February 20, 1766. This and other performances cemented his reputation as one of the finest comic actors of his time. Samuel De Wilde’s own career as a painter of theatrical portraits took off in 1791 with the publication of the second issue of John Bell’s British Theatre (published serially 1791–97), a miscellany of plays. Each issue consisted of a play accompanied by a vignette and a full-length portrait of a leading actor or actress of the day in character. For The Clandestine Marriage, the engraving after De Wilde’s painting included a line from a scene in a garden, where the vain and lecherous Lord Ogleby discusses his desire for the young and lovely heroine Fanny with his Swiss valet, Canton. Gallery label for installation of YCBA collection, 2016
Malcolm Cormack, Concise Catalogue of Paintings in the Yale Center for British Art, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 1985, pp. 248-249, N590.2 A83 (YCBA) [YCBA]
Painting in England 1700-1850 from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, The Royal Academy of Arts Winter Exhibition 1964-65., , Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK, 1964, p. 57 (v.1), no. 208, N5220.M45 R69 1964 (YCBA) [YCBA]
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