For the benefit of Joe Miller Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. The old batchelor / [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- For the benefit of Joe Miller Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. The old batchelor / [graphic]
- Alternative Title
- Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. The old batchelor
- Creator
- Ireland, John, -1808, printmaker
- Contributor
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist.
- Published / Created
- [1794]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Faulder and Egerton
- Abstract
-
Copy of a benefit ticket whose design was formerly attributed to Hogarth: a stage scene with four performers in Congreve's 'The Old Bachelor', showing the scene in Act III where Noll receives a kicking from Sharper; print after a forgery purporting to be a benefit ticket for Joe Miller for his performance as Sir Joseph Wittol
- Description
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Title from banner at top of image.
Signed in design: W. Hogarth f.
Plate from: Ireland, S. Graphic illustrations of Hogarth. London : Published by R. Faulder, New Bond Street; and J. Egerton, Whitehall, 1794, vol. i, p. 128.
Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand above print: £8..8..0; at top of print: 7.
On page 233 in volume 3. - 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 : sheet 15.4 x 22.7 cm
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 75 H67 800 v.3 (Oversize)
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Tickets
Book illustrations
Etchings England London 1794
Annotations (Provenance) 18th century - Material
- etching ;
- Subject (Name)
-
Congreve, William, 1670-1729.
Miller, Joe, 1684-1738. - Subject (Topic)
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Actors
Fund raising
Theatrical productions
Theaters - Subjects
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Congreve, William, 1670-1729
Miller, Joe, 1684-1738
Actors
Fund raising
Theatrical productions
Theaters
England > London > 1794
18th century
Steevens, George, 1736-1800 > Ownership
Perrins, Charles William Dyson, 1864-1958 > 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
- 11416232
- Object ID (OID)
- 16194300
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