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Walking sticks: M0083
Title
Thomas King's bamboo cane
Technique
Mixed media
Subject
Character
Sir Peter Teazle : The School for Scandal
Dimensions
Height: 89cm
Width: 3.5cm
Depth: 3.5cm
Width: 3.5cm
Depth: 3.5cm
Other materials
Bamboo cane, horn tip, blue and white porcelain knob, with silver gilt band
Inscription/signature
"Joseph Jefferson from Henry Irving 7 May 1896 / This cane belonged to Thomas King, the original Sir Peter Teazle, and was used by him in that character at the Drury Lane Theater 8th May 1777" (inscr: on gilt band)
Provenance
Thomas King ; Henry Irving ; Joseph Jefferson ; to George Arliss, by whom bequesthed to the Garrick Club, 1946
Other number
Gift 637(1)
This cane belonged to Thomas King, the original Sir Peter Teazle, and was used by him in that character at the Drury Lane Theater 8th May 1777.
