Prints: P1391

Title

Mrs Egerton as Meg Merrilies

Subject

Egerton, Sarah

Artist

De Wilde, Samuel [ Copy after ]

Dimensions

height: 20cm
width: 12.7cm

Other materials

engraving

Inscription/signature

"De Wilde Pinx. J. Thornson Scp./ Mrs Egerton as Meg Merrilies,/ "If ever the dead come back among the living/ I'll be seen in that glen many a night"/ Guy Mannering Act. 3. Scene 1."

Provenance

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

Other number

E0162

This print depicts the actress Sarah Egerton as Meg Merrilies from Daniel Terry's play ' Guy mannering' by Walter Scott. She is depicted full length, standing facing right, her right arm held aloft pointing to the sky, her left hand outstretched. She wears ragged cloak over a dress trimmed with tartan. He wears a headress of scarves. Around her neck she has a hand warmer, and leaning against her left arm is a staff.