Caption:
Kitty Clive. Artist: After an engraving by Charles Mosley (British, ca. 1720-ca. 1756); After a drawing by Thomas Worlidge (British, Peterborough 1700-1766 Hammersmith). Culture: British, Bow, London. Dimensions: Overall (confirmed): 9 3/4 × 6 1/2 × 4 3/4 in. (24.8 × 16.5 × 12.1 cm). Factory: Bow Porcelain Factory (British, 1744-1776). Date: ca. 1750.
These popular actors are represented in their roles in David Garrick's farce Lethe. The figure of Kitty Clive is modeled after an engraving of 1750 by Charles Mosley (1720-1770) taken from a drawing by Thomas Worlidge (1700-1766). The figure of Henry Woodward (see 64.101.690) is modeled after his portrait by Francis Hayman (1708-1776) taken from a mezzotint by James McArdell (1728-1765).
[Jessie McNab, 2002].