Lot 20: Mr Dibdin in the Character of Mungo, in the Celebrated Opera of the Padlock. "Me wish to my Heart me was Dead, Dead, Dead."

Name: Mr Dibdin in the Character of Mungo, in the Celebrated Opera of the Padlock. "Me wish to my Heart me was Dead, Dead, Dead."
Brand: Christie's
SKU: 08cdawggcs

Est: £300 GBP - £400 GBPSold:

Christie'sLondon, United KingdomMarch 12, 2008

Item Overview

Description

Butler Clowes (d.1782)
Mr Dibdin in the Character of Mungo, in the Celebrated Opera of the Padlock. "Me wish to my Heart me was Dead, Dead, Dead."
mezzotint on laid paper, with margins, published by Carington Bowles, London
unframed
P. 9 15/16 x 12½in. (25.2 x 31.7cm.)

Artist or Maker

Butler Clowes

Notes

Thomas John Dibdin, playwright and actor was a godson of David Garrick. In 1791, Dibdin achieved his goal of a theatre-royal appointment when he played Mungo in Isaac Bickerstaff's The Padlock when the Manchester theatre reopened after a fire.

Auction Details

British Mezzotints and Printed Handkerchiefs from the Collection of the Honourable Christopher Lennox-Boyd

Christie's

March 12, 2008, 12:00 PM EST

85 Old Brompton Road, London, LDN, SW7 3LD, UK

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