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Farewell dinner to J.P. Kemble Esqr. on his retirement from the stage admit [blank]
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Title
Farewell dinner to J.P. Kemble Esqr. on his retirement from the stage [graphic] : admit [blank] / Silvester sc., 27 Strand.
Publication
[London] : [publisher not identified], [1817]
Physical Description
1 print : engraving ; sheet 26.5 x 22 cm
Medium
wove paper.
Notes
Title from engraved text.
Signed: Secretaries.
"Not transferable"-- Engraved above mask.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
The farewell dinner was held 27 June 1817 at the Freemasons' Tavern. See the Dictionary of National Biography.
Summary
An engraved ticket to the retirement dinner for John Philip Kemble. At the top, a portrait of Kemble's head, irradiated. The text is surrounded by garlands; at the base a banner with a quote from Hamlet "The observed, all observers" woven through a lyre, a mask above.
Variant and related titles
Devised title: Ticket to farewell dinner for John Philip Kemble
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 21, 2012
Subjects
Genre/Form
Portrait prints.
Tickets.
Engravings - England - London - 1799.
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