Coming out of a country theatre [graphic]

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Title: Coming out of a country theatre [graphic]
Creator: Stadler, Joseph Constantine, printmaker
Contributor: Lewis, Frederick Christian, 1779-1856, printmaker.
Byron, Frederick George, 1764-1792, artist.
Holland, William, active 1782-1817, publisher.
Published / Created: [1 November 1802]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Published Novr. 1, 1802, by Willm. Holland, No. 11, Cockspur Street, (removed from Oxford Street)
Abstract: A large crowd of theatregoers file out of a theater and onto the street in a pouring rainfall and high winds that turns umbrellas inside out. One man has fallen and broken his lantern as a woman falls back over him as her shoes are being changed. The audience is a mix of classes, couples, old women, young boys, some carrying laterns, one with a cane
Description: Title from text below image.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
1 print : etching and aquatint ; sheet 46 x 67 cm.
Printed on wove paper, hand-colored, and matted to 57 x 74 cm.
With the ownership stamp on mount (removed): From the collection of Maxine and Joel Spitz "Trail-Tree" Glencoe. Item no. 257. With a pencilled note: A rare print seldom met with. Obtained in London thru John Taylor -- ER NY. The original watercolor of this print is included in my collection -- obtained thru Amer. Art at auction, originally in the collection of David Insull.
Attached beneath are collector Joel Spitz's comments on provenance from old mount in pencil.
Provenance: Formerly owned by John Taylor; later part of the Joel Spitz collection (no. 257), Tail Tree, Glencoe, IL. Sold Christie’s, London, The Joel Spitz collection of Colour-Plate Books, 27 May 2015, lot 33; afterwards owned by Rennie Sinclair (1939-2022). Karen Taylor Fine Art; April 2024.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 45.0 x 64 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English