Imitations at Drury-Lane Theatre
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Description
- Title
- Imitations at Drury-Lane Theatre
- Creator
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Contributor
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Jackson, Elizabeth, active 1785-1788, publisher.
Collings, Samuel, artist. - Published / Created
- [20 June 1786]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Publish'd 20 June, 1786, by E. Jackson, No. 14, Marylebone Street, Golden Square
- Abstract
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"The pit of a theatre: Boswell stands in the centre of the front row behind a row of spikes, emitting a blast from his mouth, putting his hands on his cheeks. The man next him (right) protects his face with his hat; two men on the left are amused, one claps. Behind him are several rows of laughing heads. Two musicians in the foreground turn their heads."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
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Title etched below image.
One in a series of twenty plates by Rowlandson after S. Collings. See British Museum catalogue, v. 6, page 345.
Plate from: Picturesque beauties of Boswell, part the second. [London] : [E. Jackson], [1786]
Two lines of verse below title: "A great many years ago, when Dr. Hugh Blair & I were sitting together in the pit of Drury-Lane Play-house, in a wild freak of youthful extravagance, I entertained the audience prodigiously, by imitating the lowing of a cow ..." Vide Journal p. 499.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Temporary local subject terms: Post-boy.
1 print : etching on wove paper ; plate mark 25.5 x 27.6 cm, on sheet 27.4 x 30.5 cm.
Mounted on leaf 70 of volume 2 of 14 volumes. - Provenance
- From a collection in fourteen volumes compiled by Francis Harvey and dispersed at auction, Sotheby, London, June 1900. Sold at Sotheby, London, 12 March 1919. Bequest of Hugh Dudley Auchincloss to Yale University Library, 1981. Bound by Riviere & Son in three-quarters red morocco with gold tooling and gold lettering on spine.
- Extent
- 1 print : sheet 249 x 277 mm
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 2
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Caricatures and cartoons
Illustrations
Satires (Visual works) England 1786
Etchings England London 1786 - Material
- etching ; and laid paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
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Boswell, James, 1740-1795
Boswell, James, 1740-1795. - Subjects
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Boswell, James, 1740-1795 > Caricatures and cartoons
Boswell, James, 1740-1795 > Illustrations
England > 1786
England > London > 1786
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Catalog Record
- 7731637
- Object ID (OID)
- 11791505
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