A theatrical candidate [graphic].

Description

Title: A theatrical candidate [graphic].
Creator: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Contributor: Fores, S. W., publisher.
Published / Created: [1797]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: S.W. Fores?
Abstract: "An actor, ugly and ragged, stands gesticulating, the left arm extended towards Sheridan, who sits in a low chair (right) before a small rectangular table. He fixes Sheridan with a hungry glare, clutching a small cocked hat in his right hand ... In the upper right corner of the design is a quotation from 'Hamlet', III. ii, beginning 'Oh, there be Players', and ending, 'they imitated humanity so abominably'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Printmaker and date from Grego.
Possibly published by Fores, whose publisher's stamp is on the Lewis Walpole Library impression.
Twelve lines of text below title: A candidate for the stage lately applied to the manager of Drury-Lane Theatre for an engagement ...
Printseller's stamp in lower right of plate: S.W.[F.]
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. xi.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 35.3 x 25 cm, on sheet 36 x 26 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1797
Etchings England London 1797
Stamps
Booksellers' stamps (Provenance) S. W. Fores
Material: etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
Subject (Topic): Actors
Auditions
Subjects: Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816 > Caricatures and cartoons
Actors
Auditions
England > 1797
England > London > 1797
S. W. Fores
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1809 or 10-1888 > Ownership
Wavertree, Florence Lothrop Sheridan Walker, lady, 1872-1952 > Ownership

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