Mr. Mathews, in "Stories" now performing with the greatest success at the Theatre Royal English Opera House / [graphic]

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Title: Mr. Mathews, in "Stories" now performing with the greatest success at the Theatre Royal English Opera House / [graphic]
Contributor: McQueen & Co., lithographer.
P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., publisher.
Published / Created: April 6th, 1822.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Published by Colnaghi & Co., Cockspur Street and Printed at McQueen & Co.'s lithographic press
Abstract: "Portraits of the actor Charles Mathews, in six characters in 'Stories', part of his entertainment 'The Youthful Days of Mr Mathews'; in a row, including an old man with a cane, a very stout man wearing large hat, a woman in a bonnet, and playing a fiddle with flowers in hair."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title from text below image.
Names of the depicted characters printed above title: Sir Shiverum Screwnerve. Monsieur Zephyr. Nat. Llewelyn ab Llwyd. Fipley & Amelrosa. Mr. Mark Magnum.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum.
Contemporary manuscript note "(& for him)" added in brown ink beneath printed text "Sketched by the author of the entertainments."
Provenance: From the Ricky Jay collection. Sold at Forum Auctions, 27 February 2025, lot 22, to Jarndyce for The Lewis Walpole Library.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 31.5 x 45 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1822
Lithographs England London 1822
Watermarks (Paper) J. Whatman 1821
Annotations (Provenance) 19th century
Material: lithograph ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Mathews, Charles, 1776-1835
Subject (Topic): Theatrical productions
Actors
British
Impersonation
Subjects: Mathews, Charles, 1776-1835 > Caricatures and cartoons
Theatrical productions
Actors > British
Impersonation
England > 1822
England > London > 1822
J. Whatman > 1821
19th century
Jay, Ricky > Ownership