John Palmer Junior in the character of Stukely
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From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
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From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
John Palmer Junior in the character of Stukely is a 22 by Unknown, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This painting shows a man dressed as a character from a play. He's wearing old-fashioned clothes and has a serious expression. The man is John Palmer Junior, and he's playing the role of Stukely in a play called The Gamester. This print was published in London in 1777, which is interesting because it gives us a glimpse of what theater was like back then. The play The Gamester was popular at the time, and it's still studied by theater historians today. You can learn more about this kind of art by looking into the technique of chiaroscuro.
A print from 1777 shows John Palmer in the role of Stukely from *The Gamester*, published by John Bell in London. The image is part of the Harry Beard Collection.
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