Prints: P1400

Title

Mr Harley as Billy Bombast

Subject

Harley, John Pritt

Artist

Wageman, Thomas Charles [ Copy after ]
Woolnoth, William [ Copy by ]

Date

c.1835

Dimensions

height: 12cm
width: 8cm

Other materials

Stipple engraving

Inscription/signature

"Wageman del. Woolnoth Sc./ MR HARLEY AS BILLY BOMBAST"

Provenance

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

Other number

E0162

This print depicts the actor John Pritt Harley as Billy Bombast in George Daniel's ' Disagreeable surprise'. He is depicted full length, standing legs slightly apart, arms stretched to the front. He wears striped stockings, breeches, and a tailed coat with a white shirt collar.