Mr. Dowton in the character of Dr. Cantwell in the Hypocrite [graphic].

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Title: Mr. Dowton in the character of Dr. Cantwell in the Hypocrite [graphic].
Contributor: Field & Tuer, publisher.
Published / Created: 1826. and [approximately 1868?]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Published by Thos. McLean, 26 Haymarket and Field & Tuer
Description: Title from text below image.
Restrike. For original issue of the plate, see Lewis Walpole Library call no.: 826.00.00.81.
Plate from: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. [London] : [Field & Tuer], [ca. 1868?]
Below title: "The seeds of wickedness indeed sprout up every where too fast, but a playhouse is the Devil's hot bed".
On leaf 61 of: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
Provenance: Gift of Addison Van Name to Yale University Library, 1919. Transferred from Yale University Library; November 1967.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 30.1 x 20 cm, on sheet 43 x 59 cm
Language: English

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Folio 724 836C (Oversize)
Collection Title: Leaf 61. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
Collection / Other Creator: Tuer, Andrew White, 1838-1900, collector.
Collection Date: [London] : [Field & Tuer], [ca. 1868?]

Genre: Aquatints England London 1868
Etchings England London 1868
Restrikes
Material: aquatint and etching with stipple ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Bickerstaff, Isaac, 1735-1812.
Dowton, William, 1764-1851,
Subject (Topic): Actors
British
Theatrical productions
Subjects: Bickerstaff, Isaac, 1735-1812
Dowton, William, 1764-1851
Actors > British
Theatrical productions
England > London > 1868

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