The author's benefit Pasquin [graphic]

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Title: The author's benefit Pasquin [graphic]
Creator: Ireland, Anna Maria, printmaker
Contributor: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist.
Published / Created: [1794?]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: publisher not identified
Abstract: Copy of a theatre ticket: a stage scene with six performers, a dog and a cat, and in the background two tightrope walkers accompanied by an ape; within a frame, a satyr on either side; a copy of a forgery purporting to be an admission ticket for a performance of Fielding's Pasquin at the Haymarket Theatre in April 1736
Description: Title from caption at top of image.
State with Ireland's name spelled out.
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 130 x 139 mm, on sheet 153 x 228 mm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1794
Etchings England London 1794
Material: etching and engraving ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Actors
Actresses
Aerialists
Cats
Dogs
Satyrs (Greek mythology) in art
Theatrical productions
Subjects: Actors
Actresses
Aerialists
Cats
Dogs
Satyrs (Greek mythology) in art
Theatrical productions
England > 1794
England > London > 1794

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