Farewell dinner to J.P. Kemble Esqr. on his retirement from the stage admit [blank] / [graphic]

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Title: Farewell dinner to J.P. Kemble Esqr. on his retirement from the stage admit [blank] / [graphic]
Alternative Title: Ticket to farewell dinner for John Philip Kemble
Creator: Silvester, printmaker
Published / Created: [1817]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: publisher not identified
Abstract: An engraved ticket to the retirement dinner for John Philip Kemble. At the top, a portrait of Kemble's head, irradiated. The text is surrounded by garlands; at the base a banner with a quote from Hamlet "The observed, all observers" woven through a lyre, a mask above
Description: Title from engraved text.
Signed: Secretaries.
"Not transferable"-- Engraved above mask.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
The farewell dinner was held 27 June 1817 at the Freemasons' Tavern. See the Dictionary of National Biography.
Mounted to sheet 32 x 26 cm with watermark "1821".
Provenance: Joseph Verner Reed; June 1960.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 26.5 x 22 cm
Language: English

Genre: Portrait prints
Tickets
Engravings England London 1799
Material: engraving ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Kemble, John Philip, 1757-1823.
Subject (Topic): Actors
British
Subjects: Kemble, John Philip, 1757-1823
Actors > British
England > London > 1799

Access: Public
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