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

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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.