Wynnstay Theatre 1785 [graphic]

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Title: Wynnstay Theatre 1785 [graphic]
Creator: Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727-1815, printmaker
Contributor: Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811.
Sewell, John, 1733 or 1734-1802, publisher.
Published / Created: 1786.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Publish'd by J. Sewell, Cornhill
Abstract: "An advertisement for the theatre around a tree, two women standing either side, at left kneeling and holding out a ribbon inscribed 'As you like it', at front a man seated on the floor holds out a sheet of paper upon which is written 'The Agreeable Surprise', behind at left a black harlequin holds a stick labelled 'invasion', beside him 'Venice preserved' is draped across a branch; in the distance at right a windmill advertises the diversity of the programme with Farce, Pantomine, Tragedy and Comedy emblazoned on the sails; within an elaborate oval frame with dramatic masks and daggers at top and bottom; after Bunbury, illustration from the 'European Magazine'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title from banner above image.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
On page numbered 24 in an album of 116 prints: [Bartolozzi and his pupils].
Top of sheet trimmed to design with no loss.
1 print : engraving on laid paper ; sheet 17.0 x 12.2 cm.
Provenance: Purchased by W.S. Lewis from Holland Brothers, Birmingham; March 1958.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 18.2 x 12.9 cm
Edition: [3rd state].
Language: English

Access: Public
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