Invented, Painted, Engraved & Publish'd by Wm. Hogarth, March the 25. 1738 [but later]. According to Act of Parliament.
Engraving, Plate: 560 x 450mm (22 x 17¾"), on 19th century paper. Trimmed to plate, wear and damage in margins and paper loss in the left edge.
A busy scene in a barn being used as a dressing room for a troop of actors. In the centre an expressive woman stands facing the viewer, her hand raised while around her the other figures get ready for the performance, one woman seated to the left of the central figure does her hair, a woman on the right practices her lines and in the corner a figure in a eagle headress feeds a baby.
Paulson: 150.
[Ref: 44827]  £230.00