#john ellys

[eveythemoth]

Me, to me: That's going to be mega-uncomfortable. Don't be extra. You'll never wear it.

Me, to me: But iT LOOk liKE pAINTING LAdy* 🥺

... this mf is, in fact, so uncomfortable

*John Ellys, Hester Booth as female Harlequin, 18th c.

[lionofchaeronea]

Hester Booth as a Female Harlequin, John Ellys, between 1722 and 1725

[history-of-fashion]

ab. 1722-1725 John Ellys - Hester Booth wearing Harlequin dress

(Victoria and Albert Museum)

[carrscracker]

John Ellys, Hester Booth as a female harlequin, oil on canvas, ca. 1722-25

[oldpaintings]

Hester Booth as Harlequin by John Ellys (English, c. 1701--1757)

[books0977]

Hester Booth (c.1722-1725). John Ellys (English, 1696-1757). Oil on canvas. V&A.

Hester Booth (ca.1690-1773) was a leading dancer and actress on the London stage in the 1710s and 1720s, and was well known for her appearances as a female Harlequin. She made her stage debut at Drury Lane Theatre on 28 February 1706. There are no surviving records of the performance but a month later her 'Harlequin Dance' was being advertised on Drury Lane playbills.

[fleurdulys]

Hester Booth as Harlequin Woman - John Ellys

1722-1725

[gorgeousgeorgians]

Portrait of Lavina Fenton, Later Duchess of Bolton by John Ellys