Pizzarro [graphic]

Description

Title: Pizzarro [graphic]
Alternative Title: Pizarro
Creator: Chapman, J. (John), active 1792-1823, printmaker
Contributor: Laurie & Whittle, publisher.
Published / Created: [1 October 1799]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Published Oct. 1, 1799, by J. Whittle, Peterboro' Court, for the Anti Jacobin Review
Description: Title etched above image.
Also attributed to Gillray. See Wright.
Two lines of text below image: In Pizzarro's plans observe the statesman's wisdom guides the poor mans [sic] heart ...
Plate from: The Anti-Jacobin review and magazine. London, 1799, v.4, p. 318.
Temporary local subject terms: Literature: Pizarro by Sheridan -- Magazines: Anti Jacobin Review.
Description in a later hand filed with this impression: The caricature was published with the Anti Jacobin Review on Oct. 1, 1799. It represents Sheridan gloating [...] his wealth acquired by his play Pizarro. The print attributes its success to the acting of John Kemble, who carries Sheridan on his head.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark resulting in loss of title, text below image, and imprint.
Provenance: Suckling.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 21 x 26 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1799
Etchings England London 1799
Watermarks (Paper)
Material: etching ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
Kemble, John Philip, 1757-1823
Subjects: Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816 > Caricatures and cartoons
Kemble, John Philip, 1757-1823 > Caricatures and cartoons
England > 1799
England > London > 1799

Access: Public
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