Museum number
2010.2.56
Object
Framed oil painting: A Theatrical Scene, possibly Jeffery Dunstan as Dr Last by Johan Zoffany (1733–1810), oil on canvas, c. 1782–3.
Materials
Oil
On display?
No

Further description

Simple name
Painting
Subject
Interior with Figures
Dimensions
framed: 6.5cm (d) x 72cm (h) x 56.4cm (w)
regular: 56.0cm (h) x 39cm (w)
A Theatrical Scene, possibly Jeffery Dunstan as Dr Last Johan Zoffany (1733–1810) Oil on canvas, about 1782–3 This curious conversation piece has recently been attributed to Zoffany. It may be a scene from a production of Dr Last in his Chariot that starred Jeffery Dunstan, a popular celebrity. Dunstan (1759?–1797) was four feet tall and made his living selling old wigs. In 1785 he won a mock-election to become Mayor of Garrett, the traditional leader of a south London community. In this scene, the physician Last is offering ‘the juice of a simple yerb’ to a patient. 2010.2.56 The Somerset Maugham Collection, transferred from the National Theatre

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