An Epilogue intended to be spoken by Mrs Woffington
Maker
(artist)
1700-1799
(draughtsman)
(engraver)
(publisher)
1700-1799
(draughtsman)
(engraver)
(publisher)
Title
An Epilogue intended to be spoken by Mrs Woffington
Date of Production
1746
Medium
Ink on paper
Dimensions
Height: 23.2 cm
Width: 17.9 cm
Width: 17.9 cm
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.5677
Mode of Acquisition
Witt Library, transfer, 1990
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
acquired from an anonymous source by Colnaghi (London), 6 May 1942, along with D.1952.RW.2096; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), 6 May 1942, for £2; Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Hanbury-Williams, John, 'Peg Woffington and her Portraits' in 'The Connoisseur', January 1904 - 227-233 and 266
ill. on p. 231
ill. on p. 231
Inscriptions
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower right within image & recto : : The London Gazette / EXTRAORDINARY //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower centre margin & recto : : An EPILOGUE intended to be spoken by Mrs. Woffington in the Habit of a Volu- [ripped] / upon reading the Gazette containing an Account of the late Action at FALK- [ripped] //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower centre margin & recto : : An EPILOGUE intended to be spoken by Mrs. Woffington in the Habit of a Volu- [ripped] / upon reading the Gazette containing an Account of the late Action at FALK- [ripped] //
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