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LIB/JL/PE/13
Reference code
LIB/JL/PE/13
Level of description
Item
Title
Etching 'Mr. Liston as Sam Swipes' with text 'The Parentage, History, and Education of Sam Swipes'
[1820?]
Extent and medium
1 item
Personal name
Liston, John
Scope and content
Hand-coloured etching 'Mr. Liston as Sam Swipes' with text below 'No! am I a Gentleman mother tho' - pon your Soul?', signed 'Polly Potts fecit'. Polly Potts was a pseudonym of George Cruikshank. Pasted onto a backing sheet with the text 'The Parentage, History, and Education of Sam Swipes'. Liston acted Swipes in Theodore Hooks 'Exchange No Robbery' at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket in 1820.
Both items may be from an unidentified pamphlet.
Immediate source of acquisition
From the collection of Jim Davis, presented by his family December 2024.