Mr. C. Kemble as Charles Surface, in The school for scandal [graphic]

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Title: Mr. C. Kemble as Charles Surface, in The school for scandal [graphic]
Alternative Title: Mr. Charles Kemble as Charles Surface, in The school for scandal
Creator: Dighton, Richard, 1795-1880, printmaker, artist
Contributor: McLean, T. publisher.
Published / Created: [not before 1824]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. by T. McLean, Haymarket
Abstract: "The actor stands directed to the left, head in profile, with a whimsical expression, holding up the right coat-tail. He wears the costume of c. 1821, with long tight pantaloons, and tied shoes, with gloves and without hat."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Description: Title etched below image.
Reissue of a print published by Richard Dighton himself; a blank space in the statement of responsibility, between "etchd." and "by Richd. Dighton", contained the words "& pubd." in the original issue. See No. 14271 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 10. See also: Catalogue of engraved British portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, v. 2, page 677, no. 2.
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".
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm.
Mounted opposite page 184 (leaf numbered '226' 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 32 x 17 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English