GEORGE VERTUE (1684-1756)
William Penkethman as Don Lewis in 'Love makes a man' by Colley Cibber
c.1725RCIN 913579
George purchased this fine drawing of William Penkethman to paste into one of the volumes of his ‘History of the Stage’. Penkethman, a celebrated comic actor, is shown as one of the lead characters in the comedy Love Makes a Man by Colley Cibber, father of Theophilus Cibber, whose portrait is displayed to the right.
Purchased in 1821
Purchased in 1821