Benefit ticket: a stage scene with four performers in Congreve's 'The Old Bachelor', showing the scene in Act III where Noll receives a kicking from Sharper; print after a forgery purporting to be a benefit ticket for Joe Miller for his performance as Sir Joseph Wittol; illustration to Ireland's 'Graphic Illustrations of Hogarth' (1794-1799).
Alternative Title:
Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. The old batchelor
Description:
Title from banner at top of image., Plate from: Ireland, S. Graphic illustrations of Hogarth. London: R. Faulder; and J. Egerton, 1794, opp. p. 128., See Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), p. 315., Not Hogarth., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Publisher:
R. Faulder; and J. Egerton
Subject (Name):
Congreve, William, 1670-1729. and Miller, Joe, 1684-1738.
Subject (Topic):
Actors, Fund raising, Theatrical productions, and Theaters
