After John Hoppner R.A.

Dorothea Phillips, most commonly known as Dorothy Jordan, or Mrs Jordan (1761–1816) – a celebrated actress and mistress to King William IV – is shown here wearing male attire for her role as ‘Hypolita’ in Colley Cibber's She Would and She Would Not, one of her famous ‘breeches’ parts. The painting derives from a portrait of Dorothy Jordan by John Hoppner R.A., in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery, London,¹ reproduced in mezzotint by John Jones (see, for example, the print in the British Museum, London).²

¹ https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw03530/Dorothy-Jordan?LinkID=mp02465&role=sit&rNo=0

² https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_K-61-81