Three tickets of admission to Sir W.W. Wynne's theatre at Wynnstay [graphic].
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Description
- Title
- Three tickets of admission to Sir W.W. Wynne's theatre at Wynnstay [graphic].
- Contributor
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Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811, artist.
Sewell, John, 1733 or 1734-1802, publisher. - Published / Created
- [1 February 1786]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Publishd. Feby. 1, 1786, by I. Sewell, Cornhill
- Abstract
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"[1] 'H. Bunbury Esqr del.' Punch (left) points to a large butt or tun inscribed 'WYNNSTAY', from the top of which hang comic masks which encircle its upper circumference; in his right hand is a stick with an ass's head. On the right side of the butt are three figures: Mother Shipton, humpbacked with a profile like Punch's; a demon or satyr, who looks from behind the cask; and a small man or boy, perhaps Tom Thumb. [2] 'View of the Theatre at Wynnstay. I. Evans Esqr del.' A view of the theatre is framed by a curtain held up (left) by Comedy and right by Tragedy. The façade has the date '1782'. [3] 'Wynnstay. H. Bunbury Esqr del.' Amateur actors and actresses dance in a circle round a high pedestal supporting a bust of (?) Shakespeare. They include a Falstaff leering at a lady in Elizabethan dress, a man wearing a tall leek in his hat (? Fluellen), and a French military officer with long queue and cavalier's boots."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
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Title from text above images.
Three designs arranged in a vertical strip, each with its own title and artist's signature.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins.
Plate from: The European magazine, and London Review, v. 9 (February 1786), page 71.
Temporary local subject terms: Buildings: Theatre at Wynnstay.
Mounted on page 22 in volume 2 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs. - Provenance
- Sold at Strawberry Hill Sale, day viii, lot 50, to H.G. Bohn, £7.7.0 [London, 733]; from an undergraduate at King's College, through Scribner's, May 1952, to W.S. Lewis, $225.
- Extent
- 1 print : sheet 24.4 x 13.1 cm
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 49 3563 v.2 (Oversize)
- Collection Title
- Volume 2, page 22. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
- Collection/Other Creator
- Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797, collector.
- Collection Date
- [Strawberry Hill], [between 1765 and 1792]
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Caricatures and cartoons
Tickets
Satires (Visual works) England 1786
Etchings England London 1786
Periodical illustrations - Material
- etching with engraving ; and laid paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Geographic)
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name)
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Shipton, Mother approximately 1488-1561 (Ursula),
Wynnstay Theatre, - Subject (Topic)
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Theater
Masks
Barrels
Demons
Theaters
Pedestals - Subjects
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Shipton, Mother (Ursula), approximately 1488-1561 > Caricatures and cartoons
Wynnstay Theatre
Theater > Great Britain > 18th century
Masks
Barrels
Demons
Theaters
Pedestals
England > 1786
England > London > 1786
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > 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
- 10147177
- Object ID (OID)
- 17355621