John Fawcett As "Touchstone" In "As You Like It" Pencil Drawing By Thomas Wageman 1818. Gilpin 5 by 12 cms

5 by 12 cms

Overall In 19th

and relates the scene to a humorous anecdote on swan behaviour from William Gilpin's 1764 Thames Tour

From 1922 he taught etching at Liverpool School of Art towards the end of the 1930's he abandoned printmaking for writing but continued to paint until the late 1950's

Provenance: Christies

John Fawcett As "Touchstone" In "As You Like It" Pencil Drawing By Thomas Wageman 1818. Gilpin 5 by 12 cmsThomas Charles Wageman (1785 1857). Pencil drawing signed and dated 1818. A portrait study of the Actor John Fawcett In the Character of Touchstone in "As You Like It" 8. 5 by 13. 5 cms to mounted image. 12 by 15. 6 cms overall. John Fawcett (1768 1837) was a celebrated Actor and playwright of the early 19th. Century. This particular drawing formed the basis for the stipple engraving by Thomas Woolnoth Published by Simpson and Marshall in 1819.