Farewell dinner to J.P. Kemble Esqr. on his retirement from the stage admit [blank] / [graphic]Silvester, printmaker[1817]engAn 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 aboveTitle 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.Mounted to sheet 32 x 26 cm with watermark "1821".