Detail View: Rylands Collection: Title page
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Image Number:
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JRL1118316
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Reference Number:
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Spencer 22347
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Link to Catalogue:
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Image Title:
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Title page
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Parent Work Title:
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The plays of William Shakspeare : In fifteen volumes. With the corrections and illustrations of various commentators / To which are added, notes by Samuel Johnson and George Steevens. The fourth edition ; Revised and augmented (with a glossarial index) by the editor of Dodsley's collection of old plays.
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Creator:
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Baldwin, Henry, 1734-1813
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Creator Role:
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Printer
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Date Created:
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1793
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Publication Details:
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London : printed [by H. Baldwin] for T. Longman, B. Law and Son, C. Dilly, J. Robson, J. Johnson [and 27 others in London]
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Volume:
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4
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Page/Sheet:
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Title page
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Description:
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Illustrated: title page to 'The Roaring Girle. Or Moll Cut-Purse', by T. Middleton and T. Dekkar, with a woodcut illustration showing the lead character dressed as a man, smoking a pipe and holding a sword. The play is a fictionalised dramatisation of the life of Mary Frith, known as 'Moll Cut-purse', and was printed for the bookseller Thomas Archer in 1611. The title page states that the play was performed at the Fortune Theatre by the theatre troupe, Prince Henry's Men.
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Language Code:
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eng-GB
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Language:
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English
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Subject:
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Theatre
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Category of Material:
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Printed
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Technique Used:
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Woodcut (process)
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Medium:
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Ink
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Support:
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Paper
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People Covered:
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Archer, Thomas, active 1603-1634
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Current Repository:
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The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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Provenance:
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Spencer, George John Spencer, Earl, 1758-1834, former owner
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Rights Holder - Image:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Rights holder - Work:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Access Rights:
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Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
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2011-03-03
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Image Creation Technique:
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Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
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Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
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2011-08
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Metadata Language:
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eng-GB
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