Wynnstay Theatre [graphic] / H. Bunbury inv. ; F. Bartolozzi sculp.
- Creator:
- Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727-1815, printmaker.
- Copyright Date:
- 1785.
- Physical Description:
- 1 print : stipple engraving and etching in brown ink on laid paper ; sheet 20.7 x 15.4 cm
- Notes:
- Title from item.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
CtY-LW - Abstract:
- Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn (1749-1789), politician and patron of the arts, held summer performances at his estate at Wynnstay, in North Wales. Bunbury incorporates into the design of this admission ticket the titles for the 1785 season: The Confederacy, As You Like It, The Agreeable Surprise, Venice Preserved, and Harlequin's Invasion. The titles are shown on banners held by the figures of Tragedy, Comedy, Pantomime, and Farce or draped over the branches of the tree. Bunbury uses Farce dressed as a harlequin holding a club labelled "invasion" to form a rebus of Garrick's play. In the background, the four figures are identified on the sails of a windmill. In the banner at the top of the oval is the name of the theatre and the year "1785"; at the top and bottom of the oval are the masks of comedy and tragedy.
- Topics:
- Banners.
Theater--Wales.
Trees.
Windmills. - Topics:
- Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811, artist.
Walpole, Horace,--1717-1797--Ownership.
Wynnstay Theatre. - Language:
- English
- Genre:
- Admission tickets.
Ephemera.
Etchings--England--1785.
Rebuses.
Stipple engravings--England--1785. - Format:
- Image
- Content Type:
- Paintings & Drawings
Prints & Photographs - Rights:
- These images are provided for study purposes only. For publication or other use of images from the Library's collection, please contact the Lewis Walpole Library at walpole@yale.edu. Further details on the Library's photoduplication policy are available at http://www.library.yale.edu/walpole/html/research/rights_reproductions.html
- Source Title:
- Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
- Call Number:
- 785.00.00.117
Folio 49 3563 v.2 (Oversize) - Orbis Record:
- 8906204
- Yale Collection:
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Digital Collection:
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Local Record Number:
- lwlpr21977b
- OID:
- 17355620
- PID:
- digcoll:5255725
