Lot 4085

Description

Grand Theatrical Medal, undated, in white metal inside a gold filled frame (44mm) with loop suspension, obverse, an allegorical head illustrative of Folly and Avarice, around, 'This is the Jew which Shakespeare drew', below, 'V P / No Private Boxes', legend, 'Avarice and titled lust alone we blame / Yet blush we must for 'tis a Nation's shame.', reverse, 'Whatd'ya / want / OP OB & DPO (Old Prices, Open Boxes, and Deference to Public Opinion) all wreathed in a garland of oak, at foot the rattle and trumpet, motto around, 'The Drama's laws the Drama's Patrons give, And he who lives to please, should please to live.' Some oxidisation otherwise extremely fine.

Originally sold at Hathaway's Newspaper Office, Royal Exchange. With original contemporary descriptive sheet sold with the medal.