Acting magistrates committing themselves being their first appearance on this stage, as performed at the National Theatre Convent Garden, Sepr. 18, 1809 [graphic].
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Description
- Title
- Acting magistrates committing themselves being their first appearance on this stage, as performed at the National Theatre Convent Garden, Sepr. 18, 1809 [graphic].
- Creator
- Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
- Contributor
- Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, printmaker.
- Published / Created
- [approximately September 1809]
- Publication Place
- London and England London
- Publisher
- publisher not identified
- Abstract
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"The stage of Covent Garden Theatre is seen from the right with a small part of the pit in the left foreground; the boxes and galleries adjoining the stage form the background on the left. The pittites are standing and blow trumpets, spring rattles, ring bells, and shout. Those in the crowded boxes behave in the same way; with one exception all are men. Two men occupy each of the two boxes over the stage-door; they watch passively. The musicians' seats are empty, but candles burn beside their open music-books, and one of the orchestra stands facing the audience, threatening them with fist and baton. On the stage three men stand together addressing the audience. The man in the centre holds out a paper: 'Riot Act'; he says: "We shall Read the riot act". Behind them stands Kemble wearing a tail-coat and white trousers, appealing to the audience with his hands meekly together as if in prayer. Large notices and placards hang from the galleries and boxes: 'Old Prices' [five times]; 'Harris will but Kemble won,t'; 'No Kembles No more insults'; 'Kemble remember the Dublin Tin Man'; 'No Foreign Sofas'; 'Iohn Bull against Iohn Kemble'; 'No Catalani'; 'Old Prices' [three times]; 'No Italian Private Boxes'; '£6000 for Caterwauling'; 'Catalani', below a print of a cat dressed as a woman, and singing 'Me Yo' from a music-book; 'No Catalani!! Mountain-- Billington, and Dickons for ever'; 'Ol Price for ever No caterwauling'; 'Old Prices No Catalani'; a gigantic placard: 'Statement-- £ Subscribed -- £80-000 Fire Office -- 50-000 Old Materials -- 25-000 155-000 New Theatre ---- 150-000 Managers of it ---- 5-000' Held up by a 'John Bull' in the pit who blows a trumpet: 'No Catalani No Pigeon Holes Old Prices No Private Boxes'. A man shouts from a box: "Off Off Off Off"; he springs a rattle."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
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Title etched below image.
Attributed to Isaac and George Cruikshank in the British Museum catalogue.
Date of publication from British Museum catalogue.
Matted to 47 x 54 cm, with a token for a box seat, Prince's side (BPS), New Theatre Covent Garden 1809. - Provenance
- Alexandre Antique Prints, Maps & Books; January 2020.
- Extent
- 1 print : image 23.8 x 39.6 cm
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 809.09.00.06++
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Satires (Visual works) England 1809
Etchings England London 1809
Engravings England 1809 - Material
- etching ; and laid paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Geographic)
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England
London. - Subject (Name)
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Kemble, John Philip, 1757-1823.
Nares, John, 1754-1816.
Billington, Elizabeth, 1765-1818.
Catalani, Angelica, 1780-1849.
Dickons, Maria, approximately 1774-1833.
Harris, Thomas, -1820.
Reed, James, active 1808.
Mountain, Rosoman, approximately 1768-1841.
Covent Garden Theatre, - Subject (Topic)
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Interiors
Stages (Platforms)
Actors
Orchestras
Theater audiences
Theaters
1809 - Subjects
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Kemble, John Philip, 1757-1823
Nares, John, 1754-1816
Billington, Elizabeth, 1765-1818
Catalani, Angelica, 1780-1849
Dickons, Maria, approximately 1774-1833
Harris, Thomas, -1820
Reed, James, active 1808
Mountain, Rosoman, approximately 1768-1841
Covent Garden Theatre
Interiors
Stages (Platforms)
Actors
Orchestras
Theater audiences
Theaters > England > London
1809
England > 1809
England > London > 1809
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
- 14830730
- Object ID (OID)
- 17289085