[A satire on Cuzzoni, Farinelli, and Heidegger] [graphic].
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Description
- Title
- [A satire on Cuzzoni, Farinelli, and Heidegger] [graphic].
- Creator
- Goupy, Joseph, 1689-1769, printmaker
- Published / Created
- [between 1730 and 1740]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- publisher not identified
- Abstract
-
"Satire on the popularity of masquerades and the decline of Italian opera in London with caricatures of the singers Cuzzoni, the tall, thin "scarecrow" Farinelli and the impresario Heidegger who points to a grenadier's cap hanging on the wall. Farinelli holds a chain attached to a shackle around his ankle, referring to one of his roles; two masks lie at Heidegger's feet. The verses etched below, supposedly in Heidegger's words, state he is more likely to return to the regiment than are "midnight revels" and "Ridottos" to fail."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
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Title, printmaker, and date from British Museum catalogue.
With eight lines of English verse below beginning: Thou tunefull scarecrow & thou warbling bird, No shelter for your notes, these lands afford, This town protects no more the sing-song strain ... And save from ruin this harmonious face.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
On page 43 in volume 1.
Ms. note in Steevens's hand below: Imputed to Hogarth; but in reality designed by the Countess of Burlington, and edited by Goupy. - Provenance
- George Steevens bequeathed this collection to William Windham (1750-1810). At Windham's death, the collection was put up for sale on 20 July 1810 and was bought in by Mrs. Windham at 292 guineas; by descent through the Windham family; Sotheby's, 17 February 1919 to Dyson Perrins for £400; Sotheby's sale including Property of the Late C.W. Dyson Perrins, Esq., 11 June 1959, lot 100 purchased by Maggs Bros. for W.S. Lewis for £1300.
- Extent
- 1 print : sheet 10.4 x 18.3 cm
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 75 H67 800 v.1 (Oversize)
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Annotations (Provenance) 18th century
Satires (Visual works) England 1730
Etchings England London 1730 - Material
- etching ;
- Subject (Name)
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Heidegger, John James, 1659?-1748.
Farinelli, 1705-1782.
Cuzzoni, Francesca, 1696-1778. - Subject (Topic)
- Opera singers
- Subjects
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Heidegger, John James, 1659?-1748
Farinelli, 1705-1782
Cuzzoni, Francesca, 1696-1778
Opera singers
18th century
England > 1730
England > London > 1730
Steevens, George, 1736-1800 > Ownership
Perrins, Charles William Dyson, 1864-1958 > 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
- 12677960
- Object ID (OID)
- 16193860
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