For the benefit of Spiller [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- For the benefit of Spiller [graphic]
- Alternative Title
- Ticket for the benefit of Spiller
- Creator
- Ireland, Samuel, -1800, printmaker
- Contributor
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist.
- Published / Created
- [1794]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Samuel Ireland
- Abstract
-
"Benefit ticket for Spiller: the comedian stands in the center under a set of scales; he supports a burning taper; at his feet is a pile of tickets for his benefit performance labelled 'Pit', 'Gallery', and 'Box'. He offers the tickets to people on the left who put their payment on that side of the balance, while a bailiff on the right taps him on the shoulder, holding out a 'Writ' and creditors add their bills for 'Tripe', 'Gin', Tobacco', 'Snuff', 'Ale', 'Beer' and "The Taylor's bill" to the other side of the balance. A scroll looped over the top of the scales is a banner labelled 'For the Benefit of Spiller', its ends reaching a window of a tavern on the left and the window of a debtor's prison on the right ..."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
-
Title etched within image.
See description of original print. No. 1815 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 2.
Cf. Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 2. - Provenance
- Gift of Joseph Verner Reed (Yale 1926) to the Yale Library, 1958. Portions were transferred to Lewis Walpole Library 1960. For other items from this gift refer to Beinecke Library's GEN MSS 1000.
- Extent
- 1 print : plate mark 107 x 145 mm, on sheet 154 x 234 mm
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Hogarth 794.00.00.162 Box 125
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Etchings England London 1794
Tickets - Material
- etching ; and laid paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Geographic)
-
England
London. - Subject (Name)
- Spiller, James, 1692-1729.
- Subject (Topic)
-
Actors
Bailiffs
Jails
City & town life
Scales - Subjects
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Spiller, James, 1692-1729
Actors
Bailiffs
Jails > England > London
City & town life > England > London
Scales
England > London > 1794
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 11415963
- Object ID (OID)
- 15956793
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