Mathews, William (British, ca. 1746-1830); Christopher Lee Sugg (British, 1746-1831 Newport, Isle of Wight) — Christopher Lee Sugg, Ventiloquist. Professor of Internal Elocution. First Edition of the Etching

England: circa early 19th Century. Orignal etching. Rust impressions from 5 removed paperclips..27 x 19cm.. OCLC Number / Unique Identifier: 10238798759: Whole-length portrait, wearing cloak. With text: "Professor of Internal Elocution" and dedicatory note to Duke of Marlborough by C.L.S...........Met Museum Object Number: 17.3.756-1376: O'Donoghue IV.222.1; Harvard III.28.1.(Freeman O'Donoghue Catalogue of Engraved British Portraits Preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum. vols. 1-5, London, 1908-22, Vol. IV, p. 222, no. 1. Lillian Arvilla Hall Catalogue of Dramatic Portraits in the Harvard College Theatre Collection. 4 vols. 1930-1934, Vol. III, p. 28, no. 1).. Sotheby's: "Sugg was a peculiar character, an opportunist and a late bloomer. He learned ventriloquism in his fifties, and in that same decade of his life had a daughter, who before she was six appeared in his show as a precocious actress, 'The Infant Roscius' .. Sugg performed into into his seventies, no doubt because of financial imperative, and died on the Isle of Wight in October 1831" (EE 75).......Provenance: From the collection of Frederick Ruffner, the founder of Gale Research, Detroit.. -. .