print; ticket

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Object Type: print; ticket
Museum number: C,3.164-165
Description: Two tickets to Wynnstay Theatre, from the same plate; a man at left and woman at right sitting against a square pedestal inscribed with the days of the week, the man representing comedy, a bottle and glass on the table beside him, laughing and holding a sheet inscribed 'Rule a Wife and have a Wife' and 'Bon Ton', the lady with an expression of melancholy, holding a paper lettered with Shakespeare's 'Richard III' and 'Lyar' [sic]; after Bunbury. 1781 Etching
Producer name: After: Henry William Bunbury; Print made by: James Bretherton (?)
School/style
Production date: 1781
Production place: Published in: London (England)
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Height: 214 millimetres; Width: 147 millimetres (plate)
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: For comment see 1917,1208.2958. Located in a bound volume of the Banks Collection.
Location: Not on display
Subjects
Associated names: Associated with: William Shakespeare; Associated with: Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 4th Baronet
Associated places: Associated with: Wynnstay
Acquisition name
Previous owner
Acquisition date: 1818
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: C,3.164-165

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