Prints: P1402

Title

MrJohnstone as Major O' Flaherty

Subject

Johnstone, John Henry

Artist

Simpkin & Marshall (London, England) [ Copy after ]
Wageman, Thomas Charles

Date

1818

Dimensions

height: 18.3cm
width: 11cm

Other materials

engraving

Inscription/signature

"T.Wageman, fecit./ MR. JOHNSTONE, AS MAJOR O'GLAHERTY,/ Engraved for Oxberry's New English Drama, Published 1818, by Simpkin & Marshall, Ludgate St & 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 actor John Henry Johnstone as Major O'Flaherty in 'The West Indian' by Richard Cumberland. He is depicted quarter length, his head is turned to his right. He has one hand over his heart. He wears a military jacket, with braided epaulettes at the shoulders and a black cravat at his neck.