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1. Operatical reform, or, La dance a l'eveque [graphic].
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker.
- Published / Created:
- 1798 March 14
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Gillray v. 9
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- "Three opera dancers, holding a garland of roses, are dressed alike in short transparent petticoats partly covered by a shorter apron. The centre dancer holds out her left leg horizontally . Mme Rose [Parisot] is in back view, her sharp features in profile to the right. On each side of the stage is a column on the plinth of which stands a figure: (left) a satyr holding a mask; (right) a woman wearing a clumsy undergarment, in the attitude of the Venus dei Medici. In front of the stage are the musical instruments of the orchestra, including a violin on which is a cap perhaps intended for a bonnet-rouge. ..."--British Museum online catalogue.
- Alternative Title:
- Dance a l'eveque
- Description:
- Four lines of verse in two columns below image: 'Tis hard for such new fangled orthodox rules, that our opera-troop should be blam'd ..., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., and Title etched below image, in lower left.
- Publisher:
- H. Humprey, St. James's Street
- Subject (Name):
- Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Didelot, Marie Rose Paul,---1803--Caricatures and cartoons., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., and Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
- Subject (Topic):
- Dance., Dancers., Musical instruments., Operas & operettas., Satyrs (Greek mythology)--depicted, and Theatrical productions.
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Operatical reform, or, La dance a l'eveque [graphic].
2. Scene in a farce calld. The Quaker [graphic].
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker.
- Published / Created:
- 1783
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 1
- Collection Title:
- The political and humourous works of Thomas Rowlandson, 1774-1825
- Container / Volume:
- Vol. 1 (Box 1 of 2) | Folder I-21
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- Prints & Photographs
- Abstract:
- Four characters participating in the quintet of the first act finale of Dibdin's "The Quaker" are shown here: Gillian and Floretta look over the garden wall while Steady attempts to keep Solomon from conversation with them.
- Alternative Title:
- Scene in a farce called The Quaker
- Description:
- Design includes portraits of the actors John Bannister and William Parsons. See British Museum online catalogue., Plate dated "1783" in lower left corner., Printmaker identified as Rowlandson in the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: K,57.124., and Title etched below image.
- Subject (Name):
- Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Bannister, John,--1760-1836--Portraits., Dibdin, Charles,--1745-1814.--Quaker.--And let the spirit move thee., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Parsons, William,--1736-1795--Portraits., and Riviere & Son Binding.
- Subject (Topic):
- Garden walls., Singing. , and Theatrical productions.
- Collection Created:
- London
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Scene in a farce calld. The Quaker [graphic].
