The Busy Body
Maker
(artist)
active 1766-1809 (Life dates)
(engraver)
act. 1771 - 1795 (Life dates)
John Bell, Bell's British Theatre (publisher)
active 1766-1809 (Life dates)
(engraver)
act. 1771 - 1795 (Life dates)
John Bell, Bell's British Theatre (publisher)
Title
The Busy Body
Date of Production
20.1.1777
Medium
engraving
Dimensions
Width: 10.4 cm
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.5438
Mode of Acquisition
Witt Library, transfer, 1990
Credit
Courtauld Gallery, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
Information not yet known or updated
Inscriptions
Inscription: recto: upper margin: Act 1st. / THE BUSY BODY / Scene.
Inscription: recto: lower left, artist: J. Roberts del.
Inscription: recto: lower centre, date, publisher: Published for Bell's British Theatre. Jany. 20th 1777.
Inscription: recto: lower right, engraver: Thornthwaite Sculpt.
Inscription: recto: lower centre, description: Mr. KING in the Character of MARPLOT. / There he goes.
recto: typewritten, lower centre, partially struck through: J ROBERTS the Elder.
Inscription: recto: handwritten in black ink, centre: James / the Younger.
Inscription: recto: handwritten in black ink: Engraving from / Bell's British / Theatre / Lit. Apoll, Aug. 1925 p89.
Stamp: recto: stamped in black, upper right: WITT / LIBRARY.
Inscription: recto: lower left, artist: J. Roberts del.
Inscription: recto: lower centre, date, publisher: Published for Bell's British Theatre. Jany. 20th 1777.
Inscription: recto: lower right, engraver: Thornthwaite Sculpt.
Inscription: recto: lower centre, description: Mr. KING in the Character of MARPLOT. / There he goes.
recto: typewritten, lower centre, partially struck through: J ROBERTS the Elder.
Inscription: recto: handwritten in black ink, centre: James / the Younger.
Inscription: recto: handwritten in black ink: Engraving from / Bell's British / Theatre / Lit. Apoll, Aug. 1925 p89.
Stamp: recto: stamped in black, upper right: WITT / LIBRARY.
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