Copy of a print by J. Sympson, Junr., after W. Hogarth's design. A benefit ticket illustrated with a stage scene from John Gay's 'The Beggar's Opera': a prison scene with three men standing and two women on their knees; print after a forgery purporting to be a benefit ticket for Thomas Walker for his performance as Macheath; illustration to Ireland's 'Graphic Illustrations of Hogarth'. and "Benefit ticket: 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; print after a forgery purporting to be a benefit ticket for Thomas Walker for his performance as Macheath; illustration to Samuel Ireland's 'Graphic Illustrations of Hogarth' (1794-1799)"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from ribbon at top of image; below "Theatre Royal Covent Garden / Pitt"., Signed within image: W. Hogarth invt. / J. Sympson Junr. sculp., After one of the suppositious 'Sympson' prints; see Paulson 1965/60 Appendix I, pages 313-4 for more information., Plate from: Ireland, S. Graphic illustrations of Hogarth. London : Published by R. Faulder, New Bond Street; and J. Egerton, 1794, v. 1, page 58., Polly portrayed by Lavinia Fenton., Ms. note in pencil Steevens's hand above print: £5.5.0; at top of print: 5., Ms. note beneath print in another hand in pencil: For Graphic illustrations of Hogarth ... its possession of Samuel Ireland, 1794, p. 58., and On page 233 in volume 3. Sheet trimmed to: 11 x 12.7 cm.
Publisher:
R. Faulder and J. Egerton
Subject (Name):
Gay, John, 1685-1732., Walker, Thomas, 1698-1744,, and Fenton, Lavinia, 1708-1760,
Copy of a print by J. Sympson, Junr., after W. Hogarth's design. A benefit ticket illustrated with a stage scene from John Gay's 'The Beggar's Opera': a prison scene with three men standing and two women on their knees; print after a forgery purporting to be a benefit ticket for Thomas Walker for his performance as Macheath; illustration to Ireland's 'Graphic Illustrations of Hogarth'. and "Benefit ticket: 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; print after a forgery purporting to be a benefit ticket for Thomas Walker for his performance as Macheath; illustration to Samuel Ireland's 'Graphic Illustrations of Hogarth' (1794-1799)"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from ribbon at top of image; below "Theatre Royal Covent Garden / Pitt"., Signed within image: W. Hogarth invt. / J. Sympson Junr. sculp., After one of the suppositious 'Sympson' prints; see Paulson 1965/60 Appendix I, pages 313-4 for more information., Plate from: Ireland, S. Graphic illustrations of Hogarth. London : Published by R. Faulder, New Bond Street; and J. Egerton, 1794, v. 1, page 58., and Polly portrayed by Lavinia Fenton.
Publisher:
R. Faulder and J. Egerton
Subject (Name):
Gay, John, 1685-1732., Walker, Thomas, 1698-1744,, and Fenton, Lavinia, 1708-1760,
Title devised by cataloger based on Paulson titles for Hogarth's originals., Designed originally for John Beaver's Roman military punishments., See Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), nos. 64, 66, and 72., Plate from: Ireland, S. Graphic illustrations of Hogarth. London : Published by R. Faulder, New Bond Street; and J. Egerton, 1794, vol. 1, opposite p. 50., and On page 24 in volume 1.
Publisher:
R. Faulder and J. Egerton
Subject (Name):
Beaver, John, active 18th century.
Subject (Topic):
Military camps, Roman, Decapitations, Punishment & torture, Enslaved persons, and Soldiers
