Accession number
PML 147623, page 43
Creator
Gear, J. W. (John William), 1806-1866, printmaker.
Published
[London] : Printed by C. Hullmandel, circa 1824
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Caption title.
The three actors depicted on stage in the print are identified in the lower margin as: Mr. Dowton as Dr. Cantwell, Mrs. Harlowe as Old Lady Lambert, and Mr. Liston as Maw-Worm.
The three actors depicted on stage in the print are identified in the lower margin as: Mr. Dowton as Dr. Cantwell, Mrs. Harlowe as Old Lady Lambert, and Mr. Liston as Maw-Worm.
Description
1 print : lithograph ; image: 217 x 331 mm; sheet: 250 x 331 mm
Summary
A scene from Isaac Bickerstaff's play "The Hypocrite", as presented at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in an 1823 revival, showing the figure of Dr. Cantwell at far left, Lady Lambert at center, and Maw-Worm at right, holding his hat in one hand as he points accusingly accross the stage at Dr. Cantwell with the other.
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