Prints: P1234

Title

Mr Liston as Mawworm in The Hypocrite

Subject

Liston, John

Dimensions

height: 27cm
width: 18cm

Other materials

coloured engraving

Provenance

Formerly in the collection of Professor Jim Davis, acquired by the Garrick Club in 2024

Other number

E0162

This print depicts the comedian John Liston in the character of the cleric Mawworm in the play 'The Hypocrite' by Isacc Bickerstaff. He is depicted half length, preaching from behind a screen. His right hand is raised in the air, while the left rests on the screen with a white hankerchief in his hand. He wears a dark jacket and a floral waistcoat.