The prospect before us [graphic].
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Description
- Title
- The prospect before us [graphic].
- Creator
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker.
- Contributor
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Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Fores, S.W., publisher.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership. - Published / Created
- 1791 January 13
- Copyright Date
- [13 January 1791]
- Publication Place
- [London]
- Publisher
- S. W. Fores, Piccadilly
- Abstract
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"The interior of the Pantheon, reconstructed as a theatre, seen from the stage on which, in the foreground, are two opera dancers holding garlands of roses. The house is crowded; in the foreground (left and right) are three tiers of stage-boxes filled with admiring spectators. Behind the stage are the heads and shoulders of the orchestra; a very old man on the extreme right holding a 'cello puts an ear-trumpet to his ear. Behind the orchestra is the crowded pit and in the background six tiers of boxes (there were actually four tiers, 'Lond. Chronicle', 11 Feb.); above it is a gallery in which tiny figures are indicated. In the centre of the grand tier is the royal box, in which the King (looking through an opera-glass) and Queen are seated."--British Museum online catalogue.
- Description
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Attributed to Rowlandson by Grego.
Text below image: Respetfully [sic] dedicated to those singers, dancers, & musical professors, who are fortunately engaged with the proprietor of the King's Theatre, at the Pantheon.
Title etched above image. - Extent
- 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; sheet 36.3 x 50.8 cm
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 4
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
- Citation
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Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6, no. 8008
Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 1, page 286
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 12698672
- Object ID (OID)
- 11791627
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