The OP spectacles [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- The OP spectacles [graphic]
- Creator
- Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
- Contributor
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Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, printmaker.
Tegg, Thomas, 1776-1846, publisher. - Published / Created
- Novr. 17, 1809.
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pubd. by T. Tegg, 111 Cheapside
- Abstract
-
"The full face of Clifford, based on a fashionably swathed neck-cloth and high coat-collar, fills the design. The mouth is open as if shouting. The eyes and part of the cheeks are covered by circles representing huge spectacles. Each contains a symmetrical view of Covent Garden Theatre seen from the stage, showing pit, three tiers of boxes, and the centre of the two galleries (the 'pigeon-holes' not appearing), all crowded. The views differ only in the performers on the stage, two actors on the right (one clearly Kemble, probably as Macbeth), and on the left two actors and a file of soldiers. Superimposed on the middle of each circular design is a large 'O' (left) and 'P' (right). Round the broad rims of the spectacles: (left) 'Old House Old Prices & No Private Boxes' and (right) 'Old House Old Prices & No Pigeon Holes'. On the bridge across the nose: 'N.P.B.' (No Private Boxes, see British Museum Satires No. 11421)."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
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Title etched below image.
Print made collaboratively by Isaac and George Cruikshank, with the latter responsible for the tiny figures in the spectacles. See British Museum catalogue.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark. - Provenance
- Maggs Bros.; December 2023.
- Extent
- 1 print : sheet 32.4 x 24 cm
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 809.11.17.01
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Caricatures and cartoons
Cartoons (Commentary) British 1800-1810
Satires (Visual works) England 1809
Etchings England London 1809 - Material
- etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Geographic)
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name)
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Clifford, Henry, 1768-1813
Kemble, John Philip, 1757-1823
Covent Garden Theatre,
Covent Garden Theatre - Subject (Topic)
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Theaters
Eyeglasses
Theater audiences
Actors
Theatrical productions - Subjects
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Clifford, Henry, 1768-1813 > Caricatures and cartoons
Kemble, John Philip, 1757-1823 > Caricatures and cartoons
Covent Garden Theatre
Covent Garden Theatre > 1800-1810
Theaters > Great Britain > 1800-1810
Eyeglasses
Theater audiences
Actors
Theatrical productions
British > 1800-1810
England > 1809
England > London > 1809
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 16895691
- Object ID (OID)
- 33113182