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Benefit ticket for William Milward for his performance in 'A Bold Stroke for a Wife', illustrated with a scene from 'The Beggar's Opera' (after)

Maker

After
(artist)
1697-1764

(etcher, author)
died 1800 (Life dates)

(publisher)

Title

Benefit ticket for William Milward for his performance in 'A Bold Stroke for a Wife', illustrated with a scene from 'The Beggar's Opera' (after)

Date of Production

1799

Medium

printed in black
etching

Dimensions

Height: 14.5 cm
Width: 10.9 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.6131.20

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

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Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Inscriptions

Inscription: S.I. f.t //

Inscription: W. HOGARTH / Ireland, 1799, I, p. 98. //

Inscription: W Hogarth del.t //

Stamp: WITT / LIBRARY //

Inscription: THEATRE Pit 3 ROYAL / Lincolns Inn Fields Tuesday / Aprill 23 / A Bold Stroke for a Wife / W.th Entertainment for ye: Benefit of / MR. MILWARD. //

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