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Miss Wallis as Aspasia

Print
16/16/1796 (published)
Artist/Maker
Audinet (Engraver)
G Cawthorn (Publishers)
Roberts (Artist)
Place of origin
London (published)

Print 'Miss Wallis as Aspasia in Irene', engraving by Audinet, London, 1796, Harry Beard Collection.


Object details

Categories
Entertainment & Leisure
Prints
Object type
Print
TitleMiss Wallis as Aspasia (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Engraving, printed ink on paper
Printing Ink
Paper
Print-Making
Engraving
Brief description
Print 'Miss Wallis as Aspasia in Irene', engraving by Audinet, London, 1796, Harry Beard Collection
Physical description
Print 'Miss Wallis as Aspasia in Irene', engraving by Audinet, London, 1796, Harry Beard Collection
Dimensions
  • Height: 14.5cm
  • Width: 8.7cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Act V IRENE Scene I' (Printed above engraved image)
  • 'MISS WALLIS as ASPASIA / Asp. This calm, these joys, dear Innocence! / are thine' (Printed below engraved image)
Credit line
Harry R. Beard Collection, given by Isobel Beard.
Subject depicted
Tryphosa Jane Wallis
Literary referenceIrene
Summary
Print 'Miss Wallis as Aspasia in Irene', engraving by Audinet, London, 1796, Harry Beard Collection.
Other number
Collection
Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number
S.2777-2013

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Record createdJune 27, 2013
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1265516/miss-wallis-as-aspasia-print-audinet/
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