A scene from Don Giovanni as perform'd at the Kings Theatre [graphic].

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Title: A scene from Don Giovanni as perform'd at the Kings Theatre [graphic].
Contributor: Fores, H., active 1820-1833, publisher.
Published / Created: [23 July 1820]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pub. July 23, 1820, by H. Fores, 16 Panton St.
Abstract: "Print showing George IV, in the title role of Mozart's opera, surprised by the sudden arrival of his wife, Caroline, as Donna Anna, lately returned from Italy, during the wedding feast scene, at which a number of bare breasted women are present; on the left, Lord Castlereagh, playing the role of Leporello, holds a long list of the King's female conquests."--Library of Congress online catalog
Description: Title etched below image.
Text below title: Don Giovanni by His M-y, Donna Anna by a celebrated actress, her first appearance on this stage these 7 years, Leporello by Derry Down Triangle, the other caricters [sic] by the Corps de Ballet.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Mounted on page 20 of: George Humphrey shop album.
Provenance: Purchased from Andrew Edmunds; September 2014.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 22.4 x 33 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1820
Etchings England London 1820
Annotations (Provenance) 19th century
Material: etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830
Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791.
Subject (Topic): Operas & operettas
Adultery
Surprise
Banquets
Dining tables
Chandeliers
Subjects: Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821 > Caricatures and cartoons
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830 > Caricatures and cartoons
Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822 > Caricatures and cartoons
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791
Operas & operettas
Adultery
Surprise
Banquets
Dining tables
Chandeliers
England > 1820
England > London > 1820
19th century
Gee, Ernest R., 1878-1956 > Ownership
Gladstone, W. E. (William Ewart), 1809-1898 > Ms. notes
Gladstone, Robertson, 1805-1875 > Ownership
Humphrey, G. (George), 1773-1831? > Ownership

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