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Prints: P1253
Title
Mr Liston as Domine Sampson
Subject
Artist
Date
1817
Dimensions
height: 27cm
width: 19cm
width: 19cm
Other materials
hand coloured, etching
Inscription/signature
"Mr. Liston as Domine Sampson/ Prodigious !!!/ Guy Mannering/ Drawn and Etched expressly for the British Stage March 1817"
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 as Domine Sampson in Walter Scott's play 'Guy Mannering'. He is depicted full length, facing to his left, with mouth agape. He is shown wearing a blue coat, white waistcoat and brown breeches. In his left hand he holds his staff of office and in his right hand he holds a black hat. Tucked under his right arm is a large book. This print was the illustration to Volume 1 of Kenrick's 'The British Stage and Literary Cabinet, 1817'.
