Modern plays [graphic].
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16704588
Description
- Title
- Modern plays [graphic].
- Creator
- Heath, William, 1795-1840, printmaker
- Published / Created
- [ca. 1815]
- Publication Place
- London?
- Publisher
- publisher not identified
- Abstract
-
Four scenes in one plate, each with a separate title; the subjects are Napoleon's defeat in Russia, the Prince Regent, a domestic scenes, each characterised by a disaster, the first shows a man in a bedroom beside a coffin, dancing, and last, a man on the floor being beaten by his wife after upsetting the tea table (shown with two demons). catalogue
- Description
-
Title from text at center of plate.
Four separately titled images on one plate, each signed by the printmaker.
Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark on two sides.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Watermark: 1815. - Provenance
- Sold at Dominic Winter Auctions, 3 October 2018, lot 296. Purchased through Jarndyce; October 2018.
- Extent
- 1 print : sheet 37.3 x 25 cm
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 815.00.00.17+
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1815
Etchings England London 1815
Watermarks (Paper) 1815 - Material
- etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
-
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830 - Subject (Topic)
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Accidents
Coffins
Couples
Domestic life - Subjects
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Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 > Caricatures and cartoons
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830 > Caricatures and cartoons
Accidents
Coffins
Couples
Domestic life
England > 1815
England > London > 1815
1815
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
- 13829516
- Object ID (OID)
- 16704588