Strolling actresses dressing in a barn, a look behind the scenes of a backstage dressing room. Engraving by W. Hogarth.

  • Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.
Date:
March the 25, 1738
Reference:
39169i
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Strolling actresses dressing in a barn, a look behind the scenes of a backstage dressing room. Engraving by W. Hogarth. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Hogarth shows a behind-the-scenes view of rehearsal plays with their travesties of classical myth

Publication/Creation

[London] : Wm. Hogarth, March the 25, 1738.

Physical description

1 print : engraving, with etching ; image 42.6 x 53.7 cm

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Lettering

Invented, painted, engraved & published by Wm. Hogarth, March the 25, 1738, according to Act of Parliament Further lettering within the print: a paper labelled "The act against strolling players" in the left foreground, the playbill on the truckle be reads:"By a company of comedians...

References note

R. Paulson, Hogarth's graphic works, 3 ed., London 1989, pp. 108-109 [156]

Reference

Wellcome Collection 39169i

Reproduction note

The original painting was destroyed by fire in 1874, the engraving was issued with the "Four times of the day"

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