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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
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