Operatical reform, or, La dance a l'eveque [graphic].Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker[14 March 1798]eng"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 catalogueTitle etched below image, in lower left.Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.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 ...Sheet trimmed within plate mark.Temporary local subject terms: Theatre: stage -- Opera: dancers -- Musical instruments -- Stage lighting -- Devil -- Dancing -- Newspapers: reference to Morning Herald.1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 26.2 x 36.4 cm, on sheet 29.3 x 39.5 cm.Mounted on leaf 65 of volume 9 of 12.