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An Epilogue intended to be spoken by Mrs Woffington

Maker

(artist)
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

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

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] //

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