Prints: P1390

Title

Mr Fawcett as Touchstone

Subject

Fawcett, John

Date

1814

Dimensions

height: 15cm
width: 9cm

Other materials

stipple etching

Inscription/signature

"Mr FAWCETT/ as TOUCHSTONE/ Drawn by R. Page. Engraved on Steel by R. Rogers/ Pub. May 14. 1825 for the Proprietor by G. Virtue 26 Ivy Lane"

Provenance

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

Other number

E0162

This print depicts the actor in the character of Touchstone in Shakespeare's play 'As you Like it'. He is depicted half length in a landscape. He wears a hat with Donkey's ears. In his hands he holds a staff.