Copy of a benefit ticket whose design was formerly attributed to Hogarth: 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
Alternative Title:
Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. The old batchelor
Description:
Title from banner at top of image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and See: Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), page 315.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Congreve, William, 1670-1729. and Miller, Joe, 1684-1738.
Subject (Topic):
Actors, Fund raising, Theatrical productions, and Theaters
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
Copy of a benefit ticket whose design was formerly attributed to Hogarth: 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
Alternative Title:
Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. The old batchelor
Description:
Title from banner at top of image., Cf. Variant state: Ireland, S. Graphic illustrations of Hogarth. London : Published by R. Faulder, New Bond Street; and J. Egerton, 1794, vol. 1, opposite p. 128., and Signed in design: "W. Hogarth f."
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Congreve, William, 1670-1729. and Miller, Joe, 1684-1738.
Subject (Topic):
Actors, Fund raising, Theatrical productions, and Theaters
Copy of a benefit ticket whose design was formerly attributed to Hogarth: 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
Alternative Title:
Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. The old batchelor
Description:
Title from banner at top of image., Signed in design: W. Hogarth f., Plate from: Ireland, S. Graphic illustrations of Hogarth. London : Published by R. Faulder, New Bond Street; and J. Egerton, Whitehall, 1794, vol. i, p. 128., Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand above print: £8..8..0; at top of print: 7., and On page 233 in volume 3.
Publisher:
Faulder and Egerton
Subject (Name):
Congreve, William, 1670-1729. and Miller, Joe, 1684-1738.
Subject (Topic):
Actors, Fund raising, Theatrical productions, and Theaters
Copy of a benefit ticket whose design was formerly attributed to Hogarth: 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
Alternative Title:
Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. The old batchelor
Description:
Title from banner at top of image., Signed in design: W. Hogarth f., and Plate from: Ireland, S. Graphic illustrations of Hogarth. London : Published by R. Faulder, New Bond Street; and J. Egerton, Whitehall, 1794, vol. i, p. 128.
Publisher:
Faulder and Egerton
Subject (Name):
Congreve, William, 1670-1729. and Miller, Joe, 1684-1738.
Subject (Topic):
Actors, Fund raising, Theatrical productions, and Theaters
Caption title. and With extensive ms. notes concerning another performance, with names of performers. For further information, consult library staff (object file: File 767 P69B C838 1753).
Publisher:
The Theatre
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
Covent Garden Theatre., Hill, Aaron, 1751?-1830., and Tate, Nahum, 1652-1715.
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., From the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls., Plate numbered '169' in lower right corner., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Lighting -- Female dress: miniatures as jewelry -- Practical jokes.
Publisher:
Published 8th March 1796 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Interiors, Theater audiences, Theaters, Wigs, Candles, and Military uniforms
Title from item., Place of publication derived from printmaker's country of residence., In margin lower right: Salon de 1891., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Hospitals, Interior; Nurses & nursing; Theater.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Orthopedics, Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871, Comédie-Française, Red Cross and Red Crescent, Nursing, Nuns as nurses, Nuns, Nurses, Physicians, Theaters, War casualties, Wounds & injuries, Splints (Surgery)., and Hospitals
Lease with engraved heading written for Dirgue Billers Olmius, 2nd Baron Waltham, to William Williams, comedian, for a period of 99 years at the rent of 5 shillings on condition that within a year Williams erects upon it a theatre for comedians. The theatre at Weymouth became one of the venues frequented by companies of strolling players. On the verso are 18th century endorsements including the surrender of the lease to Robert Lumley Kingston 20 March 1771
Description:
In English., Written on vellum with red wax seal and blue embossed stamp affixed., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Williams, William (Comedian) and Kingston, Robert Lumley.
London's information and advice service for disabled people on arts and entertainment
Description:
Title and publisher from item., Date derived from founding of Artsline., Text in lower margin: Charity Reg. No. 287 988 ; Design: Spark Ceresa ; Illustration: Caroline Della Porta ; Sponsored by BT., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
Artsline
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Topic):
People with disabilities and the arts, People with disabilities and the performing arts, People with disabilities, Wheelchairs, Children, Theaters, Guide dogs, and Blind persons
