Accession number
PML 144634, fol. 30r
Creator
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878.
Published
London : Pubd by G Humphrey 27 St. James's Street ; [1822?]
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Comedian William H. Walbourn famously premiered in the role of Dusty Bob in William Moncrieff's stage adaptation of Pierce Egan's "Life in London", entitled "Tom and Jerry, or, Life in London," at the Adelphi in London in November of 1821.
Library's copy trimmed with loss of plate mark.
Library's copy trimmed with loss of plate mark.
Description
1 print : etching ; image: 219 x 178 mm; sheet: 240 x 181 mm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows a a full length portrait of Walbourn in the character of Dusty Bob, with his fantail hat under his left arm and a glass of spirits in his right hand.
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