Benefit ticket for William Milward, for his performance of Colonel Feignwell, in Centlivre's 'A Bold Stroke for a Wife' at Lincoln's Inn in 1728; illustrated with a scene from Gay's 'The Beggar's Opera' with Lockit, Lucy, Macheath, and Polly Peachum in a jail cell; illustration to Ireland's 'Graphic Illustrations of Hogarth' (1794-1799).
Alternative Title:
Benefit ticket for Milward
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Cf. Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works, no. 112.
Publisher:
Publish'd 1st May 1788 by Molton & Co., 132 Pall Mall
Subject (Name):
Milward, William, 1702-1742. and Gay, John, 1685-1732.
