Image of Reputedly Anthony Leigh (d.1692) as Dominic in 'The Spanish Friar' by English School, (17th century)

Reputedly Anthony Leigh (d.1692) as Dominic in 'The Spanish Friar' by Dryden (1681)

IMAGE number: USB1162876
Image title: Reputedly Anthony Leigh (d.1692) as Dominic in 'The Spanish Friar' by Dryden (1681)
Artist: English School, (17th century) / English
Location: Erddig, Clwyd, North Wales
Medium: oil on canvas

Image description: British (English) School. Oil painting on canvas, Reputedly Anthony Leigh (d.1692) as Father Dominic in 'The Spanish Friar' by Dryden (1681), English School, circa 1700. A nearly half-length portrait of the actor as the friar, in John Dryden's play, his left hand pointing downwards, regards the viewer with a leer. Anthony Leigh is recorded as having been painted as this character of a Friar, by Sir Godfrey Kneller in 1689, for Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset, a full-length, the original of which is now in the National Portrait Gallery. Erddig, Wrexham (Accredited Museum)
Photo credit: National Trust Photographic Library / Bridgeman Images
Image keywords: Painting / Mzpainting

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