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For the benefit of Mr. Walker Theatre Royal Covent Garden
Title
For the benefit of Mr. Walker [graphic] : Theatre Royal Covent Garden / W. Hogarth int. ; J. Sympson Junr. sculp.
Publication
[England] : [publisher not identified], [179-?]
Physical Description
1 print : etching and engraving ; sheet 9.8 x 11.5 cm
Medium
wove paper.
Notes
Title from text within ribbon at top of image; remainder of title from text below image.
One of the suppositious 'Sympson' prints whose attributions have long been doubted; see Paulson 1965/60 Appendix I, pages 313-4 for more information.
Dated to the 1790s in the British Museum online catalog, registration no.: Cc,3.122.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Polly portrayed by Lavinia Fenton.
Summary
"A stage scene with five performers in Gay's 'The Beggar's Opera'; a prison scene with three men standing and two women on their knees; a forgery purporting to be a benefit ticket for Thomas Walker for his performance as Macheath."--British Museum online catalogue.
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
April 21, 2022
References
Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works, page 316
Subjects
Genre/Form
Etchings - England - London - 1790.
Engravings - England - London - 1790.
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