Prints: P1472

Title

Mr Wallack as Rugantino

Subject

Wallack, James William

Artist

Simpkin & Marshall (London, England)Wright, ThomasWageman, Thomas Charles

Date

1820

Dimensions

height: 35.2cm
width: 26cm
height: 14.4cm
width: 8.7cm

Inscription/signature

Printed on front: "MR. WALLACK, / AS RUGANTINO." Handwritten on verso: "Engraved by T. Wright after a drawing / by T.C. Wageman / London, Pub 1820 by Simpkin & Marshall."

Provenance

Presented by Mr Michael Gaunt, June 2023.

Other number

E0138

Print depicting actor James William Wallack as Rugantino in the melodrama 'Rugantino' by Matthew Lewis. Wallack is depicted half-length and facing the viewer in front of a landscape backdrop. He wears a costume consisting of armour, a red draped cloth, and helmet, and carries a shield in his left hand and sword in his right.