I play the part of Sr. Harry Wildair to night, yr. humble serv.t, [signed] J. Margaret Woffington from the original by Hogarth in the possession of Augustin Daly, Esq. [graphic]

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Lewis Walpole Library > I play the part of Sr. Harry Wildair to night, yr. humble serv.t, [signed] J. Margaret Woffington from the original by Hogarth in the possession of Augustin Daly, Esq. [graphic]

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Title: I play the part of Sr. Harry Wildair to night, yr. humble serv.t, [signed] J. Margaret Woffington from the original by Hogarth in the possession of Augustin Daly, Esq. [graphic]
Alternative Title: I play the part of Sir Harry Wildair tonight, your humble servant J. Margaret Woffington
Contributor: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist.
Published / Created: [1888]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: publisher not identified
Abstract: Portrait, half-length, looking at the viewer, with her hand in her waistcoat; in the character of Sir Harry Wildair in Farquhar's Constant couple
Description: Title from text etched below image.
Title is an exerpt from a letter written by her 19 November 1743.
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 : sheet 35.4 x 25 cm
Language: English

Collection Information

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Hogarth 888.00.00.01 Box 140

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre: Portrait prints
Stipple engravings England London 1888
Material: stipple engraving with etching ; and wove paper sanguine-colored ink.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Woffington, Margaret, -1760,
Subject (Topic): Actresses
British
Subjects: Woffington, Margaret, -1760
Actresses > British
England > London > 1888

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Identifiers

Orbis Record: 11337779
Object ID (OID): 16034976