The opera house, or, The Italian eunuch's glory humbly inscribed to those generous encouragers of foreigners, and ruiners of England. [graphic]

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Title
The opera house, or, The Italian eunuch's glory humbly inscribed to those generous encouragers of foreigners, and ruiners of England. [graphic]
Alternative Title
Italian eunuch's glory
Contributor
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, attributed name.
Published / Created
[ca. 1730]
Publication Place
London
Publisher
publisher not identified
Abstract

"Satire on foreign opera singers based on "The Beggar's Opera Burlesqued"; animal-headed singers portraying the principal characters are shown on an outdoor stage with musicians and audience in the foreground; beyond, to left, theatre boxes with an audience of ladies and below a wall hung with ballads against which two men urinate and defecate; to right, a conventional stage scene; an angel carrying a ribbon lettered "Harmony" flies off at top right. On either side hang scrolls listing the presents given to Farinelli, copied from Hogarth's Rake's progress, Plate 2; ten lines of verse below."--British Museum online catalogue

Description
Title etched above image.
Date of publication from British Museum online catalogue.
Formerly attributed to Hogarth, now dismissed. See Paulson.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Ms. note in Steevens's hand above: Given me by the Revd Dr. Lort.
On page 49 in volume 1. Plate trimmed to:
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 25.1 x 28.3 cm
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number
Folio 75 H67 800 v.1 (Oversize)

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Annotations (Provenance) 18th century
Satires (Visual works) England 1730
Engravings England London 1730
Etchings England London 1730
Material
etching ;
Subject (Topic)
Animals in human situations
Musicians
Opera singers
Subjects
Animals in human situations
Musicians
Opera singers
18th century
England > 1730
England > London > 1730
Steevens, George, 1736-1800 > Ownership
Perrins, Charles William Dyson, 1864-1958 > Ownership

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Identifiers

Orbis Record
12622880
Object ID (OID)
16193874

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