Dramatic action illustrated, or, Hamlet's advice to players, suit the action to the word, and the word to the action [graphic].
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Description
- Title
- Dramatic action illustrated, or, Hamlet's advice to players, suit the action to the word, and the word to the action [graphic].
- Alternative Title
- Hamlet's advice to players, suit the action to the word, and the word to the action
- Creator
- Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830, printmaker
- Contributor
- Tegg, Thomas, 1776-1846, publisher.
- Published / Created
- [1811?]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Thos. Tegg, 111 Cheapside
- Abstract
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A actor in a costume that includes a large bow at his waist, a cape, and a hat with large plumes demonstrates six positions to convey dramatic emotion, each of the six appear in separate boxes with captions
- Description
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Title etched below image.
Printmaker and date of publication from British Museum catalogue.
Possibly a later state; beginning of imprint statement appears to have been burnished from plate.
Text following title: Dedicated to the celebrated amateur of fashion.
Plate numbered "196" in upper right corner.
Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 3.
Also issued separately.
"Price 1/ color'd."--Following imprint.
1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 25 x 35.1 cm, on sheet 25.6 x 41.8 cm.
Leaf 51 in volume 3. - Provenance
- Bound in the set of five volumes, formerly owned by Henry Arthur Johnstone. Binding: red morocco with his initials stamped in gold on the front cover in a shield with crossed swords and three floral stamps above and one below; also four floral stamps on spine with volume number and spine title in gold: The caricature magazine. Leather endpapers with his ex libris blind stamped on front flyleaf -- a boat with large sail, with a cutout in the shape of the sun in upper left. Myers; May 1942.
- Extent
- 1 print : plate mark 25.1 x 35 cm, on sheet 27 x 38 cm
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 75 W87 807 v.3
- Collection Title
- V. 3. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
- Collection / Other Creator
- Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809.
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1811
Etchings England London 1811 - Material
- etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
- Coates, Robert, 1772-1848
- Subject (Topic)
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Movement (Acting)
Study and teaching
Costumes - Subjects
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Coates, Robert, 1772-1848 > Caricatures and cartoons
Movement (Acting) > Study and teaching
Costumes
England > 1811
England > London > 1811
Johnstone, Henry Arthur > 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
- Orbis Record
- 9160412
- Object ID (OID)
- 16192781
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