Prints: P1428

Title

Mr Oxberry

Subject

Oxberry, William Henry

Artist

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

Date

1818

Dimensions

height: 19.7cm
width: 11.8cm

Other materials

sipple engrving

Inscription/signature

"T. Wageman.del. H.R.Cook, sculp./ MR. OXBERRY AS MAWWORM./ 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 William OXberry as Mawworm in 'The Hypocrite' by Isacc Bickerstaffe. He is depicted half length, face turned to his left. He raises his left hand, and tucked under his right arm is his hat. He wears a dark coat, over a waistcoat, and a white cravat.