William Brereton, English actor and comedian

William Brereton (1751-1787), English actor and comedian. A famously inferior actor and a drunk, he died in Hoxton mental asylum. Depicted as the title character in Douglas in Scottish bonnet with feather, military jacket with sash, tartan shawl. Oval portrait copperplate engraving from a painting by Nathaniel Hone, drawn by Sylvester Harding, engraved by Edward Harding, published in the European Magazine, J. Sewell, Cornhill, London, 1796

18th Century Alcoholism Cornhill Drunk Edward Harding English Actor European Magazine Georgian Era J. Sewell Mental Illness Oval Portrait Regency Era Tartan

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