Stage-scene from Johnson's play 'The Blazing Comet'; Lord Wildfire in the center holds a violin and its bow while standing on stilts made to resemble legs. He looks left towards a lady on the balcony. There are three other performers on stage with an architectural screen in the background
Description:
Title and publication date from British Museum catalogue. and Sheet trimmed to plate amkr.
Title from caption below image., Date of publication based on other Heath prints on the same topic., Date of printing based on watermark., and Watermark: 1815.
Title from caption below image., Captions below image: Mr. Dowton as Dr. Cantwell; Mrs. Harlowe as Old Lady Lambert; Mr. Liston as Maw-Worm., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Gear, J. W. (John William), 1806-1866, lithographer
Published / Created:
[1839?]
Call Number:
839.00.00.13+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from caption below image., Date of publication from unverified data in local card catalog record., Lines of dialogue below title: Madam: "Oh! no Alfred, it was nobody's fault!" Mantalini: "Horrid wretch to ruin his own wife; let me cut my dem'd throat gently!", and Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed with partial loss of image and probable loss of imprint.
Mr. John Henry Johnstone in the character of Sir Lucious O'Trigger stands dressed in a green regimental coat with yellow lapels, white breeches, white gloves, and tall, black boots. He stands leaning on a cane which he holds in his right hand; his left arm is across his chest, and he holds his cocked hat in his left hand
Description:
Title written in black ink below image., Suggested attribution by seller: Richard (Robert?) Dighton., and John Henry Johnstone (1749-1828), Irish actor and singer, was perhaps best known for his role in Richard Cumberland's The West Indian (1785), also portrayed Sir Lucius O'Trigger in Richard Sheridan's the Rivals in 1792.
Subject (Geographic):
England and London
Subject (Name):
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816. and Johnstone, John Henry, 1749-1828
Subject (Topic):
Portraits, Actors, British, and Theatrical productions
Title from caption below image., Place and date of publication from unverified data from local card catalog record., Six lines of dialogue below title: Stay! stay you infatuated wretches, you know not what ye do, the Doctor is innocent I say he is innocent, touch not a hair of his precious head ..., and Scene from Act 5 of the Hypocrite by Isaac Bickerstaff.
Title from caption below image., Text below title: "Brandy be my poison! but I like the looks of him. Here, my heart, take a whiff.", and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Printed & published at R. Martin's Lithographic Establishment, 124, High Holburn
The courtroom scene from Act 4, Scene 1 of Merchant of Venice when Portia reminds Shylock that the bond only allows him a pound of flesh, and makes no allowances for blood. Shylock, standing with a knife in his right hand and scales in his right, registers the disappointment and shock in his expression as he stands before Portia disguised as Balthasar, holding the bond. They are flanked by Antonio and Bassanio. In the background, the judge sits at his bench, his finger to his forehead. Below the title, Portia's lines: Have by some surgeon, Shylock, on your charge to stop his wounds lest he should bleed to death. Followed by Shylock's lines: Is it so nominated in the bond?
Alternative Title:
Mr. Macklin and Mrs. Pope in the characters of Shylock and Portia
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Date based on last performance date of Macklin and Pope in the The merchant of Venice.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England and London
Subject (Name):
Macklin, Charles, 1697?-1797,, Pope, Elizabeth, approximately 1740-1797,, Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616., and Shylock (Fictitious character)
Subject (Topic):
Actors, British, Courtrooms, Portia (Fictitious character), and Theatrical productions
