A theatrical candidate [graphic].
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11791669
Description
- Title
- A theatrical candidate [graphic].
- Creator
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Contributor
- Fores, S. W., publisher.
- Published / Created
- [1797]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- S.W. Fores?
- Abstract
-
"An actor, ugly and ragged, stands gesticulating, the left arm extended towards Sheridan, who sits in a low chair (right) before a small rectangular table. He fixes Sheridan with a hungry glare, clutching a small cocked hat in his right hand ... In the upper right corner of the design is a quotation from 'Hamlet', III. ii, beginning 'Oh, there be Players', and ending, 'they imitated humanity so abominably'."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
-
Title etched below image.
Printmaker and date from Grego.
Possibly published by Fores, whose publisher's stamp is on the Lewis Walpole Library impression.
Twelve lines of text below title: A candidate for the stage lately applied to the manager of Drury-Lane Theatre for an engagement ...
1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 34.2 x 23.5 cm.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Mounted on leaf 68 of volume 4 of 14 volumes. - Provenance
- From a collection in fourteen volumes compiled by Francis Harvey and dispersed at auction, Sotheby, London, June 1900. Sold at Sotheby, London, 12 March 1919. Bequest of Hugh Dudley Auchincloss to Yale University Library, 1981. Bound by Riviere & Son in three-quarters red morocco with gold tooling and gold lettering on spine.
- Extent
- 1 print : plate mark 35.3 x 25 cm, on sheet 36 x 26 cm
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 4
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1797
Etchings England London 1797
Stamps
Booksellers' stamps (Provenance) S. W. Fores - Material
- etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
- Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
- Subject (Topic)
-
Actors
Auditions - Subjects
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Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816 > Caricatures and cartoons
Actors
Auditions
England > 1797
England > London > 1797
S. W. Fores
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1809 or 10-1888 > Ownership
Wavertree, Florence Lothrop Sheridan Walker, lady, 1872-1952 > Ownership
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.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 8113056
- Object ID (OID)
- 11791669
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