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Dramatists and actors: twenty portraits. Engraving by J.W. Cook, 1825.

An episode in Samuel Foote's play The devil upon two sticks: the cobbler Emmanuel Last is examined for entry as a licentiate to the Royal College of Physicians by Dr Hellebore, the president of the college. Mezzotint by J. Finlayson after J. Zoffany, 1769.

Mr Foote's other leg / by Ian Kelly.

Mr Foote's other leg : by Ian Kelly, directed by Richard Eyre / Hampstead Theatre.

Mr Foote's other leg / Ian Kelly ; introduced by the author.

The patron [The devil upon two sticks.--The maid of Bath.--The bankrupt] / [Samuel Foote].

The table-talk and bon-mots of Samuel Foote / (With an introductory memoir) Edited by the late William Cooke.

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Samuel Foote

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The patron [The devil upon two sticks.--The maid of Bath.--The bankrupt] / [Samuel Foote].

An episode in Samuel Foote's play The devil upon two sticks: the cobbler Emmanuel Last is examined for entry as a licentiate to the Royal College of Physicians by Dr Hellebore, the president of the college. Mezzotint by J. Finlayson after J. Zoffany, 1769.

The table-talk and bon-mots of Samuel Foote / (With an introductory memoir) Edited by the late William Cooke.

Samuel Foote

Images from the collections

Images by Samuel Foote

Images featuring Samuel Foote

Works from the collections

The patron [The devil upon two sticks.--The maid of Bath.--The bankrupt] / [Samuel Foote].

An episode in Samuel Foote's play The devil upon two sticks: the cobbler Emmanuel Last is examined for entry as a licentiate to the Royal College of Physicians by Dr Hellebore, the president of the college. Mezzotint by J. Finlayson after J. Zoffany, 1769.

The table-talk and bon-mots of Samuel Foote / (With an introductory memoir) Edited by the late William Cooke.

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