Comedy spectators [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- Comedy spectators [graphic]
- Creator
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Contributor
- Fores, S. W., publisher.
- Published / Created
- [8 October 1789]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Publishd. as the act directs, Octr. 8th 1789, by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly
- Abstract
-
"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 catalogue
- Description
-
Each 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.
1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; sheet 37.2 x 27 cm.
Mounted on leaf 57 of volume 3 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 37 x 26 cm
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 3
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Satires (Visual works) England 1787
Etchings England London 1789 - Material
- etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Topic)
-
Theater audiences
Children
Fans (Accessories)
Monocles
Loss of consciousness
Staffs (Sticks) - Subjects
-
Theater audiences
Children
Fans (Accessories)
Monocles
Loss of consciousness
Staffs (Sticks)
England > 1787
England > London > 1789
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
- Orbis Record
- 7729289
- Object ID (OID)
- 11791580
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