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Margaret ("Peg") Woffington as the Female Volunteer

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No Copyright - United States

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Title
Margaret ("Peg") Woffington as the Female Volunteer
Date
1746  
Subject
  • Women in the theater  
  • Theater  
  • Costume  
  • Actors  
  • Woffington, Margaret, d. 1760  
Dimensions
3 1/2 x 4 3/8 in.
Technique
Photomechanical processes  
Publisher
M. Moore  
Description
Whole-length portrait, standing, in officer's uniform. With title: "The Female Volunteer: or, an Attempt to make our Men Stand. An Epilogue intended to be spoken by Mrs. Woffington in the habit of a volunteer, upon reading the Gazette containing an account of the late action at Falkirk." With copy of the epilogue below. Facsimile of the rare original.
Rights
No Copyright - United States
ID Number
W844-29
Physical Collection
University of Illinois Theatrical Print Collection
Collection Title
Portraits of Actors, 1720-1920
Collection
Portraits of Actors
TitleMargaret ("Peg") Woffington as the Female Volunteer
Date1746  
Subject
  • Women in the theater  
  • Theater  
  • Costume  
  • Actors  
  • Woffington, Margaret, d. 1760  
Dimensions3 1/2 x 4 3/8 in.
TechniquePhotomechanical processes  
PublisherM. Moore  
DescriptionWhole-length portrait, standing, in officer's uniform. With title: "The Female Volunteer: or, an Attempt to make our Men Stand. An Epilogue intended to be spoken by Mrs. Woffington in the habit of a volunteer, upon reading the Gazette containing an account of the late action at Falkirk." With copy of the epilogue below. Facsimile of the rare original.
RightsNo Copyright - United States
ID NumberW844-29
Physical CollectionUniversity of Illinois Theatrical Print Collection
Collection TitlePortraits of Actors, 1720-1920
CollectionPortraits of Actors

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