Prints: P1296

Title

Mr Liston as Sam Swipes

Subject

Liston, John

Dimensions

height: 28cm
width: 24.5cm

Other materials

coloured lithograph

Inscription/signature

"MR. LISTON as SAM SWIPES/ (in "Exhange no Robbery")/ No- am i a Gentleman!. upon your soul tho'Mother"

Provenance

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

Other number

E0162

This is a print depicts tthe actor John Liston in the role of Sam Swipes in the play 'Exchange no Robbery' by Theodore Hook. The figure of Liston has been cut out of the larger print. He stands full length, facing his right. He wears brown trousers, triped stockings, a green jacket and a white apron.