An audience of spinsters (variously caricatured) is entertained by an orchestra and chorus of cats who play instruments but mostly sit before large volumes or scores singing. The stage is decorated with curtains decorated with tassels and supported by...
Description:
Title from text on banner in image.
Publisher:
Pubd. by Willm. Holland, No. 50 Oxford St.
Subject (Topic):
Audiences, Cats, Chandeliers, Concerts, Musical instruments, Single women, and Theater curtains
A tracing of a 1731 print after Hogarth: Satire on Orator Henley and his followers. A view of his Oratory in Clare Market with Henley preaching from an open-air platform in front of the building, one cloven hoof protruding from beneath his robe. A mon...
Description:
Title from text in image.
Subject (Name):
Henley, John, 1692-1756 and Cibber, Colley, 1671-1757
A scene in Vauxhall Gardens: On the balcony of the second floor of a structure, Miss Feron stands in the foreground singing with a group of musicians behind her and to the side. On the grounds below groups of men, women and children look up with pleas...
Alternative Title:
Great Catalani
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Published,September 25th, 1809, by Laurie and Whittle, No. 53, Fleet Street, London
Subject (Geographic):
England, London., and Vauxhall Gardens (London, England)
785.06.28.01 Framed, shelved in Object Room Rack 1.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"An evening scene in Vauxhall Gardens. On the extreme left is the orchestra with the organ behind and performers on the kettledrums, string and wind instruments. The vocalist, Mrs. Weichsel, sings, in profile to the right, from the adjacent (and sligh...
Alternative Title:
Vauxhall
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Publish'd June 28th 1785, by J.R. Smith, No. 83 Oxford Street
Subject (Geographic):
Vauxhall Gardens (London, England), London (England), England, and London.
Subject (Name):
Billington, Elizabeth, 1765-1818., Boswell, James, 1740-1795, Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, 1757-1806, Bessborough, Henrietta Frances Spencer Ponsonby, Countess of, 1761-1821, Pitt, Thomas, Baron Camelford, 1737-1793, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Goldsmith, Oliver, 1730?-1774, Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784, Pasley, Thomas, Sir, 1734-1808, Perry, James, 1756-1821, Piozzi, Hester Lynch, 1741-1821, Robinson, Mary, 1758-1800, and Topham, Edward, 1751-1820
Subject (Topic):
Social life and customs, Parks, Audiences, Concerts, Couples, Crowds, Musicians, Orchestras, Peg legs, and Singers
"Graham, the well-known quack, stands above and behind a crowd of listeners, all men, some in profile, some in back view, some full-face, the heads and shoulders only being visible, except in the foreground where there is a row of half length figures ...
Alternative Title:
Dr. James Graham lecturing in Edinburgh
Description:
Title from British Museum catalogue.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Graham, James, 1745-1794
Subject (Topic):
Quacks and quackery, Public speaking, Audiences, Chandeliers, and Sconces
Harlequin, wearing a costume decorated with tools and animals of the conjuring trade, balances on a ladder facing right. The laughing audience is seen beyond the edge of a wooden stage in front of a sheet screening the scene, suggesting a street perfo...
Description:
Title devised by cataloger.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Harlequin (Fictitious character), Theatrical productions, Stages (Platforms), and Audiences
