Prints: P1337

Title

John Liston

Subject

Liston, John

Character

Dominie Sampson : Guy Mannering; or The Gipsey's Prophecy

Artist

Woolnoth, Thomas Alfred Wageman, Thomas Charles

Date

1820

Dimensions

height: 17.2cm
width: 10.6cm

Other materials

Stipple engraving

Inscription/signature

Printed recto: "MR. LISTON. / AS DOMINIE SAMPSON. / Engraved by Woolnoth from an original drawing by Wageman. / Published 1820, by Simpkin & Marshall, Stationers Co. & Chapple Pall Mall" Printed verso: "MANVELL THEARTRE COLLECTION"

Provenance

Presented by Mr Michael Gaunt, March 2023.

Other number

E0136

Print depicting actor John Liston as Dominie Sampson, an eccentric schoolmaster from Sir Walter Scott's novel 'Guy Mannering'. Engraved by Thomas Woolnoth, after Thomas Charles Wageman. Published 1820 by Simpkin & Marshall, London. Liston is depicted half-length and facing the viewer, he wears a black jacket with overhanging white scarf and a black hat, he holds a book under his left arm and carries a letter knife in his right.