Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

The Infant Roscius and Billington, Catherine Lee Sugg (later Mrs Hackett) as Rolla in Sheridan's 'Pizarro' NPG D47120

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Robert Dighton, published by Christopher Lee Sugg

Catherine is described here as the Infant Roscius and Billington. Roscius was a talented ancient Roman actor, but by this time another child actor, Master Betty, was using this name; Billington refers to Elizabeth Billington, a then famous actress and singer.
Catherine's pose and dress echoes that of the actor Kemble in another etching by Robert Dighton (D10686), which quotes the same lines from the play Pizarro. This impression of the print is notable for the contemporary handwritten inscription indicating that it... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.