The charmers of the age [graphic]

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Title: The charmers of the age [graphic]
Creator: Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Contributor: Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, publisher.
Published / Created: [30 May 1786]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Publd. 30th May 1786 by Jas. Bretherton, New Bond Street
Abstract: "Mme Mara (left) and Rubinelli (right) sing a duet on the stage. Rubinelli, tall and thin, wearing quasi-Roman dress with a plumed helmet and long cloak, leans towards Mara, his right arm extended. Mara stands full-face, her hands on her breast, singing with a distressed expression, face somewhat contorted, eyes closed."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Signed with the monogram of James Sayers.
Mounted to 33 x 25.5 cm.
Provenance: Alfred Bowditch Collection; December 1966;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 25 x 21.2 cm, on sheet 32.5 x 23.9 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1786
Etchings England London 1786
Aquatints England London 1786
Material: etching and aquatint ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Mara, Gertrud Elisabeth, 1749-1833
Rubinelli, Giovanni Battista, 1753-1829
Subject (Topic): Clothing & dress
Roman
Singers
Subjects: Mara, Gertrud Elisabeth, 1749-1833 > Caricatures and cartoons
Rubinelli, Giovanni Battista, 1753-1829 > Caricatures and cartoons
Clothing & dress > Roman
Singers
England > 1786
England > London > 1786
Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838 > Ownership
Sayers, James, 1748-1823 > Ownership

Access: Public
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