Mr. Johnstone To The Members of the Je ne scai quoi Club. This Print is humbly dedicated by their most respectfull and obedient humble Serv.t C. Bestland.
Painted & Engrav'd by C: Bestland.
Pub. as the Act directs March 1791 by C. Bestland No.38 Gt. Marlbro' Street.
Stipple printed in colour, with large margins. Plate 177 x 114mm. 7 x 4½".
John Henry Johnstone (1749-1828) looking to front in oval; he was a popular tenor and stage Irishman who performed in London. He performed alongside the likes of Benjamin Charles Incledon at the Theatre Royal Covent Garden and with Charles Dignum and Thomas Sedgewick at the Je ne scai quoi Club.
Harvard: p.315.1. See Ref: 63129 for uncoloured version.
[Ref: 24454] £95.00
Pub. as the Act directs March 1791 by C. Bestland No.38 Gt. Marlbro' Street.
Stipple printed in colour, with large margins. Plate 177 x 114mm. 7 x 4½".
John Henry Johnstone (1749-1828) looking to front in oval; he was a popular tenor and stage Irishman who performed in London. He performed alongside the likes of Benjamin Charles Incledon at the Theatre Royal Covent Garden and with Charles Dignum and Thomas Sedgewick at the Je ne scai quoi Club.
Harvard: p.315.1. See Ref: 63129 for uncoloured version.
[Ref: 24454] £95.00