Drawings: G1235

Title

John Fawcett as Touchstone in 'As you Like it'

Subject

Fawcett, John

Artist

Wageman, Thomas Charles

Date

1818

Dimensions

width: 9cm
height: 13cm
width: 20cm
height: 26.7cm

Other materials

graphite and paper

Inscription/signature

underneath the drawing is written: "Wageman 1818" "John fawcett as Touchstone/ 1768-1887"

Provenance

Bought from Patrick Boyd-Carpenter, September 2022

Other number

E0130

Engraving history

Stipple Engraving, by Thomas Woolnoth, after Thomas Charles Wageman, published by Simpkin and Marshall 1819

A drawing of the actor John Fawcett in the character of Touchstone from "As you Like it", drawn by Thomas Wageman c.1818. The National Portrait Gallery has a stipple engraving, by Thomas Woolnoth, after Wageman published by Simpkin and Marshall, in 1819. Mr Fawcett is depicted holding a staff, wearing a fool's cap, which include donkey's ears.