Wynnstay Theatre.
[after Henry William Bunbury, attributed to James Bretherton.]
[n.d., c.1780.]
Etching, private plate. 220 x 145mm (8½ x 5¾") very large margins. Some foxing, mainly in margins.
Two people sitting against a pedestal; a laughing man holds a sheet inscribed 'Rule a Wife and have a Wife' and 'Bon Ton', and a sad woman holds a sheet with 'Richard III' and 'Lyar'. This plate was was produced as a ticket for use at the private theatre built by Robert Adam for Sir Watkin Williams Wynn (1749-89) at Wynnstay in Denbighshire. In 1777 David Garrick performed there.
[Ref: 53187] £190.00
[n.d., c.1780.]
Etching, private plate. 220 x 145mm (8½ x 5¾") very large margins. Some foxing, mainly in margins.
Two people sitting against a pedestal; a laughing man holds a sheet inscribed 'Rule a Wife and have a Wife' and 'Bon Ton', and a sad woman holds a sheet with 'Richard III' and 'Lyar'. This plate was was produced as a ticket for use at the private theatre built by Robert Adam for Sir Watkin Williams Wynn (1749-89) at Wynnstay in Denbighshire. In 1777 David Garrick performed there.
[Ref: 53187] £190.00