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Charles Macklin as Squire Badge

Print
01/11/1777 (published)
Artist/Maker
Joseph Wenman (publishers)
Unknown (engravers)
Place of origin
Great Britain (published)

Print of Charles Macklin as Squire Badger in Scene 14 from Don Quixote in England, published by Wenman, 1777.


Object details

Categories
Entertainment & Leisure
Prints
Object type
Print
TitleCharles Macklin as Squire Badge (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Engraving on paper
Printing Ink
Paper
Print-Making
Engraving
Brief description
Print of Charles Macklin as Squire Badger in Scene 14 from Don Quixote in England, published by Wenman, 1777
Physical description
The print features a full-body portrait of Charles Macklin as Squire Badger in Don Quixote in England.
Dimensions
  • Height: 21.2cm (approximately) (Note: Height measured is unmounted. Mounted height is 38.5cm.)
  • Width: 13.3cm (approximately) (Note: Width measured is unmounted. Mounted width is 26.3cm.)
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Mr. Macklin in the Character of Squire Badger. / Huzza! Hark! Hark! Agad, he / has routed the Coach & Horses bravely/ Scene 14./ Publish'd. by J. Wenman 1 Nov'r. 1777.'
  • '"Don Quixote in England"' (Written in ink underneath.)
Credit line
Gabrielle Enthoven Collection
Subject depicted
Macklin, Charles
Summary
Print of Charles Macklin as Squire Badger in Scene 14 from Don Quixote in England, published by Wenman, 1777.
Collection
Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number
S.2090-2015

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Record createdSeptember 22, 2015
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1322139/charles-macklin-as-squire-badge-print-unknown/
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