Theatre Royal Lincolns Inn Fields Tuesday Aprill [sic] 23 A bold stroke for a wife, wth [sic] entertainments for [the] benefit of Mr. Milward [art original].

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16193753

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Title
Theatre Royal Lincolns Inn Fields Tuesday Aprill [sic] 23 A bold stroke for a wife, wth [sic] entertainments for [the] benefit of Mr. Milward [art original].
Alternative Title
Benefit ticket for Milward
Creator
Ireland, Samuel, -1800, artist
Published / Created
[ca. 1794]
Publication Place
London?
Abstract

Tracing of a benefit ticket for William Milward, for his performance of Colonel Feignwell, in Centlivre's 'A Bold Stroke for a Wife' at Lincoln's Inn in 1728; illustrated with a scene from Gay's 'The Beggar's Opera' with Lockit, Lucy, Macheath, and Polly Peachum in a jail cell

Description
Title etched below image.
Possibly a tracing by Ireland.
Copy of: Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works, no. 112.
Ms. note in pencil lower right corner of print: 66. Ms. notes in pencil above: See Nichol's Book, 3d Edit, p. 423. Ms. note in pencil below: sold for £7.7.0.
On page 6 in volume 1.
Provenance
George Steevens bequeathed this collection to William Windham (1750-1810). At Windham's death, the collection was put up for sale on 20 July 1810 and was bought in by Mrs. Windham at 292 guineas; by descent through the Windham family; Sotheby's, 17 February 1919 to Dyson Perrins for £400; Sotheby's sale including Property of the Late C.W. Dyson Perrins, Esq., 11 June 1959, lot 100 purchased by Maggs Bros. for W.S. Lewis for £1300.
Extent
1 drawing : sheet 13.6 X 10.5 cm
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number
Folio 75 H67 800 v.1 (Oversize)

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Illustrations
Tickets
Ink drawings British 18th century
Material
pen and ink ;
Subject (Name)
Milward, William, 1702-1742.
Gay, John, 1685-1732.
Subjects
Milward, William, 1702-1742
Gay, John, 1685-1732 > Illustrations
British > 18th century
Steevens, George, 1736-1800 > Ownership
Perrins, Charles William Dyson, 1864-1958 > Ownership

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Identifiers

Orbis Record
12479743
Object ID (OID)
16193753

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