Macklin Orator

Thomas Patch|Charles Macklin

1750–80 · Etching · Drawings and Prints

Macklin Orator — Thomas Patch|Charles Macklin

Satirical portrait of Charles Macklin, the actor, full length, facing right, with hat under his arm. Designed and etched by Thomas Patch who works here in the style of the Italian caricaturist Pier Lorenzo Ghezzi.

Artist
Thomas Patch|Charles Macklin
Date
1750–80
Medium
Etching
Department
Drawings and Prints
Credit line
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917