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

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16193755

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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 [graphic]
Alternative Title
Benefit ticket for Milward
Creator
Ireland, Samuel, -1800, printmaker
Contributor
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist.
Published / Created
[1794]
Publication Place
London
Publisher
Faulder and Egerton
Abstract

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; illustration to Ireland's 'Graphic Illustrations of Hogarth' (1794-1799).

Description
Title etched below image.
Plate from: Ireland, S. Graphic illustrations of Hogarth. London : R. Faulder and J. Egerton, 1794, v. 1, p. 98.
Reissued plate with imprint burnished out.
Cf. Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works, no. 113.
Ms. note in Steevens's hand above: Copy by S. Ireland.
Ms. note in pencil "Pen and ink", applies to the drawing also on this page.
Printmaker's statement erased from this impression: S.I. ft. erased.
On page 6 in volume 1. Sheet trimmed to: 15.3 x 11.6 mm.
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 print : plate mark 143 x 107 mm, on sheet 226 x 155 mm
Language
English

Collection Information

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

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Illustrations
Tickets
Etchings England London 1788
Material
etching ; and wove paper.
Resource Type
still image
Subject (Name)
Milward, William, 1702-1742.
Gay, John, 1685-1732.
Subjects
Milward, William, 1702-1742
Gay, John, 1685-1732 > Illustrations
England > London > 1788
Steevens, George, 1736-1800 > Ownership
Perrins, Charles William Dyson, 1864-1958 > Ownership

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Identifiers

Orbis Record
11664936
Object ID (OID)
16193755

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