"Two designs on one plate. Above, two rows of burlesqued yokels (with two comely women, and an ugly old one), seated behind the orchestra and backed by a rough brick wall, register intense amusement. A fiddler stands up to snuff a single wall-candle. Below, three members of the orchestra play, grotesquely weeping; behind them are the pittites, also burlesqued, except for a good-looking young couple. A woman tries to revive a fat and fainting man with a smelling-bottle. Above their heads is a gallery, with two footmen in livery, two ladies, and an elderly parson. All shed tears, or otherwise express their grief."--British Museum online catalogue.
Alternative Title:
Tragedy in London.
Description:
"One shilling colour'd."--Following imprint., Also issued separately., Date of publication based on complete imprint on earlier state: Pubd. May 29th, 1807, by Thos. Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside. Cf. Lewis Walpole Library call no.: 807.05.29.01.1., Later state; former plate number "20" has been replaced with a new number, and the year of publication has been burnished from imprint statement, leaving a gap between "Pub'd May 29th" and "by Thos. Tegg ...", Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 3., Plate numbered "172" in upper right corner., and Titles etched below images.
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Johnstone, Henry Arthur--Ownership., and Tegg, Thomas, 1776-1845, publisher.
Subject (Topic):
City & town life., Manners & customs., and Theater audiences.
"Two designs on one plate. Above, a group of spectators seated in a gallery and watching a comedy, all intent and either amused or surprised. Below, a similar group, all of whom weep or look distressed. A man holds a smelling-bottle to a lady's nose (right). A play-bill is inscribed 'Romeo and Juliet' (reversed)."--British Museum online catalogue.
Alternative Title:
Tragedy spectators.
Description:
Each title etched below corresponding image., Printmaker signature etched within top image in bottom right; imprint statement etched within lower image in bottom right., and Reissue of a plate originally published by T. Rowlandson in 1787; publisher name changed in imprint statement and the year in printmaker signature and imprint changed from "1787" to "1789". Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist v. 1, pages 217-19.
Publisher:
S. W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Fores, S. W., publisher.
Subject (Topic):
Children., Fans (Accessories), Loss of consciousness., Monocles. , Staffs (Sticks), and Theater audiences.
