Mr. Thomas Betterton totus mundus agit histrionem / [graphic]

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Title: Mr. Thomas Betterton totus mundus agit histrionem / [graphic]
Creator: Gucht, Michael van der, 1660-1725, printmaker
Contributor: Kneller, Godfrey, Sir, 1646-1723, artist.
Published / Created: [1710]
Publication Place: London and Great Britain England London
Publisher: Robert Gosling
Abstract: "Portrait, half-length, three-quarters to right but looking to front, wearing long wig, neckcloth and gown, left hand seen; oval frame resting on plinth"--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title engraved below image.
Frontispiece to: Gildon, C. The life of Mr. Thomas Betterton, the late eminent tragedian. London : Printed for Robert Gosling, 1710.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm.
Mounted opposite page 196 (leaf numbered '7' in pencil) in volume 2 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 17.9 x 11.3 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Latin