Hold! Pizarro, hear me! If not always justly, at least act always greatly. Pizarro [graphic]

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Title: Hold! Pizarro, hear me! If not always justly, at least act always greatly. Pizarro [graphic]
Creator: Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, printmaker
Contributor: Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, artist, publisher.
Published / Created: [14 December 1799]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Robert Dighton
Abstract: "Mrs. Siddons as Elvira in 'Pizarro'. Her words are from Act III. iii (in Pizarro's tent). She stands with her head turned in profile to the left, right arm extended in a commanding gesture. She wears a high-waisted, quasi-classical dress, with a long cloak bordered with gold, folds of which are twisted round her left arm."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Temporary local subject terms: Theater: actors in performance -- Literature: Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Pizarro, iii.3 -- Female costume: theater costume.
Leaf 28 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton.
1 print : etching with drypoint on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 22.3 x 17.4 cm, on sheet 31.1 x 25.5 cm.
Figure identified as "Siddons" in pencil in lower left corner of sheet.
Provenance: Sold at Dominic Winter Auctions, 9 October 2020, lot 502, purchased through Jarndyce; October 2020.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 22.2 x 17.5 cm, on sheet 30 x 24 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English