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John William Gear
1806-1866
Mr. Liston as Maw-Worm : in the play of The hypocrite, act 5th, scene last. [Six lines of dialogue]
[London] : Printed by C. Hullmandel
hand colored lithograph
image: 232 x 142 mm; sheet: 382 x 276 mm
Peel 2205
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Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Notes:
Six lines of dialogue below title: Stay! stay you infatuated wretches, you know not what ye do, the Doctor is innocent I say he is innocent, touch not a hair of his precious head ...
Summary:
Portrait of the actor John Liston in character as Maw-worm, in Bickerstaffe's "The Hypocrite"; half length, facing right, leaning over a screen, raising a hand holding a handkerchief.
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