A scene from Don Giovanni as perform'd at the Kings Theatre [graphic].

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Title: A scene from Don Giovanni as perform'd at the Kings Theatre [graphic].
Contributor: Fores, H., active 1820-1833, publisher.
Published / Created: [23 July 1820]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pub. July 23, 1820, by H. Fores, 16 Panton St.
Abstract: "Print showing George IV, in the title role of Mozart's opera, surprised by the sudden arrival of his wife, Caroline, as Donna Anna, lately returned from Italy, during the wedding feast scene, at which a number of bare breasted women are present; on the left, Lord Castlereagh, playing the role of Leporello, holds a long list of the King's female conquests."--Library of Congress online catalog
Description: Title etched below image.
Text below title: Don Giovanni by His M-y, Donna Anna by a celebrated actress, her first appearance on this stage these 7 years, Leporello by Derry Down Triangle, the other caricters [sic] by the Corps de Ballet.
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 ; sheet 24 x 34 cm.
Printed on wove paper; hand-colored.
Mounted to 58 x 39 cm.
Mounted (with one other print) on leaf 49 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair."
Figures of "George IV" and "Qu. Caroline" identified in pencil at bottom of sheet; date "28 July 1820" written in ink in lower right.
Provenance: Sold by London's Dulau and Company to the New York City bookseller Ernest R. Gee in 1928. Earlier ownership by W.E. Gladstone is suggested by a manuscript note from Dulau formerly laid into the front the first volume (now in the object file), which states that "These came from the Gladstone Library at Court Hey, Broad Green. The manuscript notes written below the caricatures are in the handwriting of W.E. Gladstone." William Reese Company; February 2024.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 22.4 x 33 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English