
Anna Burnside
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With Jonathan Horne (Mr Lewis and Mr Macklin)
Graham Slater Collection
The tile depicting Mary Ann Yates as Jane Shore is a most arresting image from a popular historical tragedy and the only instance where a second figure, a guardsman, is incorporated into the scene. It is taken from Lowndes' New English Theatre published in September 1776.
The inscriptions read:
Mrs Mattocks as Princess Catherine
Mrs Bulkley in the Character of Angelina
Mr Macklin in the Character of Sir Gilbert Wrangle
Mrs Yates in the Character of Jane Shore
Mrs Hartley as Lady Jane Grey
Mr Lewis in the Character of Hippolitus