The author's benefit Pasquin [graphic] / W. Hogarth.

Published/Created:

[London]
[publisher not identified]
[1817?]

Physical Description:

1 print : etching and engraving on wove paper ; plate mark 14.5 x 16 cm, on sheet 26.8 x 21 cm

Notes:

Title from caption at top of image.
Plate from: Nichols, J. The genuine works of William Hogarth, v. 3, page 134.
Gift of Joseph Verner Reed (Yale 1926) to the Yale Library, 1958. Portions were transferred to Lewis Walpole Library 1960. For other items from this gift refer to Beinecke Library's GEN MSS 1000.

Abstract:

Copy of a theatre ticket: a stage scene with six performers, a dog and a cat, and in the background two tightrope walkers accompanied by an ape; within a frame, a satyr on either side; a copy of a forgery purporting to be an admission ticket for a performance of Fielding's Pasquin at the Haymarket Theatre in April 1736.

Associated Names:

Hogarth, William, 1697-1764 [Artist]

Topics:

Actors
Actresses
Aerialists
Cats
Dogs
Ephemera
Satyrs (Greek mythology) in art
Theatrical productions
Tickets

Language:

English

Genre:

Etchings -- England -- London -- 1810
Satires (Visual works) -- England -- 1810

Format:

Image

Content Type:

Prints & Photographs

Rights:

These images are provided for study purposes only. For publication or other use of images from the Library's collection, please contact the Lewis Walpole Library at walpole@yale.edu. Further details on the Library's photoduplication policy are available at http://www.library.yale.edu/walpole/html/research/rights_reproductions.html

Call Number:

Hogarth 817.00.00.20 Box 140

Orbis Record:

11336264

Yale Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Digital Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Local Record Number:

lwlpr22711

Volume/Enumeration:

Digital version

OID:

16034966

PID:

digcoll:2810902