The alchymist [graphic]

Description

Title: The alchymist [graphic]
Creator: Grignion, Charles, 1721-1810, printmaker
Contributor: Graham, George, fl. 1791, artist.
Published / Created: April 14, 1791.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Printed for J. Bell British Library, Strand
Description: Title from item.
Frontispiece to Garrick's adaptation of Ben Jonson's "The Alchemyst" in Bell's British theatre, v. 2, no.2.
Four lines from Scene 3 below title: Drug [i.e., Abel Drugger] - this one please your worship ...
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Temporary local subject terms: Alchemists -- Alchemists' workshops.
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 17.6 x 11.2 cm, on sheet 19 x 13 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1791
Etchings England London 1791
Book illustrations
Material: etching with engraving ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subjects: England > 1791
England > London > 1791

Access: Public
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