For the benefit of Joe Miller Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. The old batchelor / [graphic]

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Title: For the benefit of Joe Miller Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. The old batchelor / [graphic]
Alternative Title: Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. The old batchelor
Contributor: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, attributed name.
Published / Created: [1800s?]
Publication Place: London?
Publisher: publisher not identified
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: Title from banner at top of image.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
See: Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), page 315.
Provenance: Sold at Addison & Sarova Auctioneers, 29 August 2020, lot 73. Purchased through William Reese Company; August 2020.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 10.8 x 15 cm
Language: English

Genre: Tickets
Etchings England London 1800
Material: etching ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Congreve, William, 1670-1729.
Miller, Joe, 1684-1738.
Subject (Topic): Actors
Fund raising
Theatrical productions
Theaters
Subjects: Congreve, William, 1670-1729
Miller, Joe, 1684-1738
Actors
Fund raising
Theatrical productions
Theaters
England > London > 1800

Access: Public
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