[Ticket for Dalby Theatre] [graphic].

Description

Title: [Ticket for Dalby Theatre] [graphic].
Published / Created: [1803]
Publication Place: Melton Mowbray?
Publisher: publisher not identified
Abstract: An image of a mad Medea [?], hair flowing and left breast bare, holding a dagger in her right hand and held above her head, posed read to strike. In her left hand she holds a chalice. There is a column to her left in the background. Used as a ticket for a production at Dalby Theatre, the private playhouse of Edward Hartopp (1758-1808) at his seat Little Dalby Hall in Leicestershire
Description: With contemporary manuscript notes "21st July. Macbeth, with High life below stairs" on recto, and "Admission ticket, not transferable" on verso. For further information, consult library staff.
Provenance: Ken Spelman Rare Books; January 2020.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 7.7 x 6 cm
Language: English

Genre: Admission tickets
Engravings
Annotations (Provenance) 19th century
Material: engraving and etching ;
Resource Type: still Image
Subject (Geographic): England
Leicestershire.
Subject (Name): Hartopp, Edward, 1758-1808.
Subject (Topic): Amateur theater
Subjects: Hartopp, Edward, 1758-1808
Amateur theater > England > Leicestershire
Hartopp, Edward, 1758-180 > Ms. notes
19th century

Access: Public
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