Colley Cibber, Esq.r

Date1758

After work by Jean Baptiste Van Loo (1684 - 1745)

Engraver Edward Fisher (1722 - 1782)

MediumMezzotint with line engraving

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1979-71

DescriptionLower margin: "V.B. Vanloo pinx 1740/ Edw,,.d Fisher fecit 1758/ Colley Cibber, Esq./ late Poet-Laureat."
Trimmed just below the title: "Printed for John Spilsbury Engraver, Map & Print Seller/ in Russell-Court Covent-Garden London"
Label TextColley Cibber (1671-1757) was a famous English actor, poet, playwright, and was Poet Laureate between 1730-1757.