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File:Colley Cibber as Lord Foppington in The Relapse by John Vanbrugh engraving.jpg

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Summary

Artist John Simon (1675–1751)
Description
Engraving of a painting of the English actor Colley Cibber as Lord Foppington in the Restoration comedy The Relapse (1696) by John Vanbrugh
Date circa 1700-1725
Medium engraving
Source/Photographer NPG website of untouched version.
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