Mr. Mossop in the Character of Bajazet, Act. II, scene i
Anonymous, British, 18th century British
Sitter Henry Mossop Irish
Related playwright Nicholas Rowe British
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The Irish actor Henry Mossop appears as Bajazet, a Turkish character in Rowe's "Tamberlane." He wears Turkish stage dress of the period, a fur-trimmed coat over pantaloons, a turban, with a curved-bladed sword hanging from his sash.