Mr. W. Farren, as Sir Peter Teazle [graphic]

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Title: Mr. W. Farren, as Sir Peter Teazle [graphic]
Creator: Dighton, Richard, 1795-1880, printmaker
Contributor: Dighton, Richard, 1795-1880, artist.
McLean, T. publisher.
Published / Created: [not before 1824]
Publication Place: London and Great Britain England London
Publisher: Pubd. by T. McLean, Haymarket
Abstract: Portrait of the actor William Farren, in character as Sir Peter Teazle in Sheridan's 'School for Scandal'; whole length, standing facing right, his right hand tucked inside his waistcoat
Description: Title etched below image; the letter "z" in "Teazle" is etched backwards.
Reissue of a print likely published by Richard Dighton himself; a blank space in the statement of responsibility, between "etchd." and "by Richd. Dighton", probably contained the words "& pubd." in the original issue of the print.
Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue entry for publisher Thomas McLean, which notes that "all prints dated before 1824 are reissues of 1824 or later".
Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with partial loss of statement of responsibility and imprint statement.
Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm.
Mounted opposite page 166 (leaf numbered '207' in pencil) in volume 1 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Provenance: Formerly owned by R.B. Sheridan (the dramatist's grandson), who undertook the copious extra-illustration of the volumes. Later owned by Sheridan's descendant Lady Wavertree. Sotheby's, 25 May 1954 (Lady Wavertree sale), lot 266, to Maggs for W.S. Lewis.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 29.7 x 17 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English