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Prints: P1263
Title
Mr Liston as Diggory
Subject
Artist
Date
1806
Dimensions
height: 28cm
width: 17.7cm
width: 17.7cm
Other materials
stipple etching
Inscription/signature
"De Wilde Pinxt/ Mr LISTON AS DIGGORY/ All the World's a Stage/ London, Published by John Cawthorn, No5, Catherine Street, Strand, Mar.1.1806"
Provenance
Formerly in the collection of Professor Jim Davis, acquired by the Garrick Club in 2024
Other number
E0162
This print depicts John Liston in the role of Diggory in the 'All the World's a Stage' by Isaac Jackman. He is depicted full length, stading feet apart. He is turned to right and holds aloft in his right hand a large key, in the other he holds a white cloth. He wears a white cravat tied into a large white bow, a long tailed coat, waistcoat and breeches with white stockings. The image was used as an illustration to Cawthorne's 'Minor British Theatre' 1806.
