Thalia [graphic]

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Title: Thalia [graphic]
Alternative Title: Frontispiece to The new English theatre
Creator: Hall, Charles, 1720?-1783, printmaker
Contributor: Taylor, Isaac, 1730-1807, artist.
Published / Created: [3 June 1776]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Published June 3d. 1776 by T. Lowndes & other proprietors
Abstract: The actress Mrs. Abingdon dressed as Thalia, Muse of Comedy, stands holding a mask in an outdoor scene. Piles of books by notable playwrights lie near her feet and a group of onlookers in the background observe a satyr standing on a wall
Description: Title from item.
Publisher and date of print from copy of book in Beinecke Library.
Imperfect Impression; lower edge trimmed with loss of publication information.
At head of title: Frontispiece to The new English Theatre.
Frontispiece from: The new English theatre, v. 1. London: J. Rivington & sons ..., 1776.
Provenance: Gift of Joseph Verner Reed (Yale 1926) to the Yale Library, 1958. Portions were transferred to Lewis Walpole Library 1960. For other items from this gift refer to Beinecke Library's GEN MSS 1000.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 16. 7 x 11.0 cm, on sheet 22 x 12 cm
Language: English

Genre: Book illustrations
Frontispieces
Portrait prints
Engravings England 1776
Etchings England 1776
Material: etching & engraving ;
Subject (Name): Abington, Mrs. 1737-1815. (Frances Barton),
Subject (Topic): Acting
Actresses
British
Subjects: Abington, Mrs. (Frances Barton), 1737-1815
Acting
Actresses > British
England > 1776

Access: Public
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