A peep behind the curtain at Drury Lane [graphic]

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Title: A peep behind the curtain at Drury Lane [graphic]
Creator: Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Contributor: Cornell, Thos., active 1780-1792, publisher.
Published / Created: 14 Jany. 1789.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Publd. by Thos. Cornell
Abstract: "Sheridan (left) speaks through a small aperture in the curtain which he holds open, addressing the musicians, some of whom are seen on the right, saying, with a conspiratorial scowl, "D-n em dont play God Save the King". Behind the musicians are the heads of some of the audience in the pit, shouting; a label extending across part of the print (right), inscribed 'Play God save the King', shows their words. In a box are a lady and two men. The print shows the arrangement of footlights, orchestra, pit, and a box on the first tier."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Signed with the monogram of James Sayers.
1 print : etching and aquatint on wove paper ; plate mark 19.3 x 17 cm, on sheet 21.1 x 18.4 cm.
Mounted on verso of leaf 54 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Provenance: Bequeathed by James Sayers to his sister and later given to Lord Eldon. Purchased from Christie's sale of Fine Books and Manuscripts, lot 305, 19 June 2012, with Lord Eldon's notebook (now LWL Mss Vol. 202).
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 19.4 x 17 cm, on sheet 25 x 19 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1789
Aquatints England London 1789
Etchings England London 1789
Material: etching and aquatint ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): England.
Subject (Name): Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
Theatre Royal, Drury Lane (London, England),
Subject (Topic): Regency
Musicians
Musical instruments
National songs
Theaters
Subjects: Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816 > Caricatures and cartoons
Theatre Royal, Drury Lane (London, England)
Regency > England
Musicians
Musical instruments
National songs
Theaters
England > 1789
England > London > 1789
Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838 > Ownership
Sayers, James, 1748-1823 > Ownership

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