A just view of the British stage, or three heads are better than one, scene Newgate [graphic] / by M. D-V--to.

A just view of the British stage, or three heads are better than one, scene Newgate [graphic] / by M. D-V--to.

[London?] : [s.n.], [early to mid-18th century?]

1 print : engraving ; 7 x 8 3/8 in.

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Devoto was a scene painter at Drury Lane.

This print is done after Hogarth's work of the same name.

Date range based on Devoto's dates of activity (according to Oxford DNB, 1708-1752).

"This print represents the rehearsing a new farce that will include [the] two famous entertainments Dr. Faustus & Harlequin Shepherd to wch. will be added Scaramouch Jack Hall the chimney sweeper's escape from Newgate through [the] privy, with [the] comical Humours of Ben Johnson's ghost, concluding wth. the Hay-dance perform'd in [the] air by [the] figures A.B.C. Assisted by ropes from [the] Muses, note, there are no conjurors concern'd in it as [the] ignorant imagine. The bricks, rubbish &c. will be real but the excrements upon Jack Hall will be made of chew'd gingerbread to prevent offence."--inscribed in plate beneath image.

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Great Britain -- England -- London.

ART Box H715 no.3 (size S)

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