Comedy spectators [graphic]Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker[8 October 1789]eng"Two designs on one plate. Above, a group of spectators seated in a gallery and watching a comedy, all intent and either amused or surprised. Below, a similar group, all of whom weep or look distressed. A man holds a smelling-bottle to a lady's nose (right). A play-bill is inscribed 'Romeo and Juliet' (reversed)."--British Museum online catalogueEach title etched below corresponding image.Printmaker signature etched within top image in bottom right; imprint statement etched within lower image in bottom right.Reissue of a plate originally published by T. Rowlandson in 1787; publisher name changed in imprint statement and the year in printmaker signature and imprint changed from "1787" to "1789". Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist v. 1, pages 217-19.Sheet trimmed within plate mark.