Prints: P1399

Title

Mr Farren as Lovegold

Subject

Farren the Younger, William

Artist

Wageman, Thomas Charles [ Copy after ]

Date

1820

Dimensions

height: 19cm
width: 11.5cm

Other materials

Stipple etching

Inscription/signature

"MR.W.FARREN/ AS LOVEGOLD/ Engraved by .T. Wright from an original drawing by Wageman/ Published 1820 by Simpkin & Marshall, Stationers Ct & Chapple Pall Mall"

Provenance

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

Other number

E0162

This print depicts the actorWilliam Farren the younger, as Lovegold in Henry Fielding's play 'The Miser'. He is depicted half length, head turned slightly to the left, one hand raised and finger pointing to the left. He wears a white cravat and a jacket and waistcoat.