print; ticket

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Object Type: print; ticket
Museum number: C,3.153
Title: Object: Wynnstay Theatre 1785
Description: Ticket for the theatre around a tree, two women standing either side, at left kneeling and holding out a ribbon inscribed 'As you like it', at front a man seated on the floor holds out a sheet of paper upon which is written 'The Agreeable Surprise', behind at left a black harlequin holds a stick labelled 'invasion', beside him 'Venice preserved' is draped across a branch; in the distance at right a windmill advertises the diversity of the programme with Farce, Pantomine, Tragedy and Comedy emblazoned on the sails; within an elaborate oval frame with dramatic masks and daggers at top and bottom; after Bunbury. 1785 Etching with stipple
Producer name: Print made by: Francesco Bartolozzi; After: Henry William Bunbury
School/style
Production date: 1785
Materials
Technique: etching; stipple
Dimensions: Height: 207 millimetres; Width: 154 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: For a drawing by Bunbury associated with this print see C,3.152. This is in a bound volume of the Banks Collection.
Bibliographic references
Location: Not on display
Subjects: theatre/theatrical life; allegory/personification
Associated names
Associated places: Associated with: Wynnstay
Acquisition name
Previous owner
Acquisition date: 1818
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: C,3.153

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