Satire on the Italian opera, apparently Handel's 'Flavio', act III, scene 4, with the three Italian opera singers of the title on the stage of the King's Theatre in the Haymarket; they sing the roles of Flavio, Emilia and Guido respectively. In a clas...
Description:
Title and date from Paulson and British Museum catalogue.
Satire on the Italian opera, apparently Handel's 'Flavio', act III, scene 4, with the three Italian opera singers of the title on the stage of the King's Theatre in the Haymarket; they sing the roles of Flavio, Emilia and Guido respectively. In a clas...
Description:
Title and date from Paulson and British Museum catalogue.
"Satire on the popularity of masquerades and the decline of Italian opera in London with caricatures of the singers Cuzzoni, the tall, thin "scarecrow" Farinelli and the impresario Heidegger who points to a grenadier's cap hanging on the wall. Farinel...
Description:
Title, printmaker, and date from British Museum catalogue.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Heidegger, John James, 1659?-1748., Farinelli, 1705-1782., and Cuzzoni, Francesca, 1696-1778.
"Mrs. Billington, enormously fat, sits in an arm-chair, her arms flung over its arms, opening her mouth for a spoonful of guineas, administered by W. T. Lewis (right), who bends over her. On her other side stands Sheridan, round-shouldered, stooping, ...
Description:
Title etched at bottom of image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jany. 16th, 1802, by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Billington, Elizabeth, 1765-1818, Lewis, William Thomas, 1746?-1812, and Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
Subject (Topic):
Obesity, Opera singers, Chairs, Coins, Physicians, and Putti
"Mrs. Billington, enormously fat, sits in an arm-chair, her arms flung over its arms, opening her mouth for a spoonful of guineas, administered by W. T. Lewis (right), who bends over her. On her other side stands Sheridan, round-shouldered, stooping, ...
Description:
Title etched at bottom of image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jany. 16th, 1802, by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Billington, Elizabeth, 1765-1818, Lewis, William Thomas, 1746?-1812, and Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
Subject (Topic):
Obesity, Opera singers, Chairs, Coins, Physicians, and Putti
"Satire on foreign opera singers based on "The Beggar's Opera Burlesqued"; animal-headed singers portraying the principal characters are shown on an outdoor stage with musicians and audience in the foreground; beyond, to left, theatre boxes with an au...
Alternative Title:
Italian eunuch's glory
Description:
Title etched above image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Animals in human situations, Musicians, and Opera singers
"Satire on Italian opera singers and their female admirers, a copy in reverse of British Museum satire no. 1694. Senesino, tall and ungainly, stands a quayside, recoiling from the effusive farewells of two ladies, one holding a handkerchief to her eye...
Alternative Title:
Ladies lamentation ye loss of Senesino
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Bernardi, Francesco, 1686-1758., Bordoni, Faustina, 1697-1781., and Cuzzoni, Francesca, 1696-1778.
"Satire on Gay's "Beggar's Opera". In the foreground a group of animal-headed singers portraying the principal characters are shown on an outdoor stage beneath which Apollo and a muse are lying, a lyre and guitar beside them. In front of the stage a g...
Description:
Title etched above image.
Publisher:
Sold at [the] Print Shop in [the] Strand near Catherine Street
Subject (Topic):
Animals in human situations, Musicians, and Opera singers
"Satire on Gay's "Beggar's Opera". In the foreground a group of animal-headed singers portraying the principal characters are shown on an outdoor stage beneath which Apollo and a muse are lying, a lyre and guitar beside them. In front of the stage a g...
Description:
Title etched above image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Animals in human situations, Musicians, and Opera singers
[Top image]: "Satire on Gay's "Beggar's Opera". In the foreground a group of animal-headed singers portraying the principal characters are shown on an outdoor stage beneath which Apollo and a muse are lying, a lyre and guitar beside them. In front of ...
Description:
Titles etched below images.
Publisher:
Published by G. & J. Robinson, Paternoster Row
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Gay, John, 1685-1732., Cibber, Colley, 1671-1757., Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637., Thurmond, John, active 1724-1749., and Wilks, Robert, 1665?-1732.
Subject (Topic):
Theater, Humor, Animals in human situations, Musicians, Opera singers, Clowns, and Comedies
"The famous soprano advances trippingly towards the spectator, head turned in profile to the right, left arm extended as if beckoning, a handkerchief in her right hand. She wears a gold fillet in her hair from which hang draperies, falling over her le...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Robert Dighton
Subject (Name):
Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868. and Catalani, Angelica 1780-1849,
"The famous soprano advances trippingly towards the spectator, head turned in profile to the right, left arm extended as if beckoning, a handkerchief in her right hand. She wears a gold fillet in her hair from which hang draperies, falling over her le...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Robert Dighton
Subject (Name):
Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868. and Catalani, Angelica 1780-1849,
An allegorical view of the stage performance of Gioacchino Rossini and Angelica Catalani at the King's Theatre in London, with putti adorning the stage with garlands of flowers and Athena crowning Rossibi and Catalani with laurel wreaths
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
Vendi chez Mr. Sams, No.1 St. James's Street; Molteno, No. 20 Pall Mall; Colnaghi, Cockspur Street; et Delvecchio Hay-Market, et chez les principaux marchands d'estampes de cette ville and Printed by C. Hullmandel
"A girl dancing holding in one hand a bow, the other stretched forward. Her looped up skirt has a short train. From her head-dress of flowers and feathers hangs a trail of vine leaves."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Printed for J. Smith, No. 35 Cheapside, & R. Sayer, No. 53 Fleet Street as the act directs
