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William Brereton (1751-1787), English actor and comedian. A famously inferior actor and a drunk, he died in Hoxton mental asylum. Depicted as the title character in Douglas in Scottish bonnet with feather, military jacket with sash, tartan shawl. Oval portrait copperplate engraving from a painting by Nathaniel Hone, drawn by Sylvester Harding, engraved by Edward Harding, published in the European Magazine, J. Sewell, Cornhill, London, 1796.
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William Brereton (1751-1787), English actor and comedian. A famously inferior actor and a drunk, he died in Hoxton mental asylum. Depicted as the title character in Douglas in Scottish bonnet with feather, military jacket with sash, tartan shawl. Oval portrait copperplate engraving from a painting by Nathaniel Hone, drawn by Sylvester Harding, engraved by Edward Harding, published in the European Magazine, J. Sewell, Cornhill, London, 1796.
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4254 x 7328 px | 89.2 MB
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36.0 x 62.0 cm | 14.2 x 24.4 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
18TH CENTURY • 18TH CENTURY, THE • 18TH • ALCOHOLISM • CELEBRITIES • CELEBRITY • CHARACTER • CITY OF LONDON • CLOTHING: SASH • COMEDIAN • COPPERPLATE ENGRAVING • CORNHILL • CUMMERBUND • DOUGLAS • DRUNK • EDWARD HARDING • ENGLISH ACTOR • ENGRAVED • EUROPEAN MAGAZINE • FAMOUS PEOPLE • FAMOUS • FEATHER • GARTER BELT • GEORGIAN ERA • HOXTON MENTAL ASYLUM • J. SEWELL • LONDON • LONDON. • MENTAL ILLNESS • MILITARY JACKET • N. HONE • NATHANIEL HONE • OVAL PORTRAIT • PAINTING • REGENCY ERA • SASH • SCOTTISH BONNET • SHAWL • SYLVESTER HARDING • TARTAN • WILLIAM BRERETON • XVIII CENTURY
