A just view of the British stage, or, Three heads are better than one scene Newgate by M D-V-to. [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- A just view of the British stage, or, Three heads are better than one scene Newgate by M D-V-to. [graphic]
- Alternative Title
- Three heads are better than one
- Creator
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
- Contributor
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist, publisher.
- Published / Created
- [December 1724]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Wm. Hogarth
- Abstract
-
The stage of a theatre, with halters suspended over three managers of theatres; the labels issuing from the mouths of these persons have characteristic words. Wilks dangles Punch. The Laureat Cibber dangles Harlequin and invokes the Muses. Booth letting down the image of Jack Hall basphems: "Ha this will do G-d D- me". On the table before the speakers is a pamphlet with a print of Jack Shepard. Ben Jonson's ghost, holding a lit candle, rises to the stage on the left. In Horace Walpole's catalog, this print is referred to as "Booth, Wilks and Cibber contriving a pantomime, a satire on farces."
- Description
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Title etched above image.
State, publisher, and date from Paulson.
"Price six pence".--Lower right corner.
Caption below image: This print represents the rehearsing a new farce that will include [the] two famous entertainments Dr. Faustus & Harlequin Shepherd to wch. will be added Scaramouch Jack Hall the chimney-sweeper's escape from Newgate through [the] privy ... [Signed] Vivat Rex.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark. - Provenance
- Purchased from John Grant, Ltd., August 1940; Formerly owned by Charles Kinnaird, 8th Lord Kinnaird of Inchture (1780-1826).
- Extent
- 1 print : sheet 21.4 x 22.9 cm
- Edition
- [State 2, with "Vivitur ingenio" in banner at top of image].
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Kinnaird 64K(b) Box 105
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Satires (Visual works) England 1724
Engravings England London 1724 - Material
- engraving ; and laid paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
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Cibber, Colley, 1671-1757.
Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637.
Thurmond, John, active 1724-1749.
Wilks, Robert, 1665?-1732. - Subject (Topic)
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Clowns
Comedies - Subjects
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Cibber, Colley, 1671-1757
Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637
Thurmond, John, active 1724-1749
Wilks, Robert, 1665?-1732
Clowns
Comedies
England > 1724
England > London > 1724
Kinnaird, Charles Kinnaird, Baron, 1780-1826 > Ownership
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 9855886
- Object ID (OID)
- 16030746