Regency theatre troupe passing a turnpike tollgate. A wagon laden with scenery, props and actors on a country road. A Scene full of Effect without the aid of canvas. Actors travelling in search of fame. Proteus in a rage. The turnpike hero paid for his sneers. Handcoloured engraving etched by Theodore Lane from Pierce Egan’s The Life of an Actor, Pickering and Chatto, London, 1892.

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