Young Roscius and his pappa in company with John Bull [graphic].

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Title: Young Roscius and his pappa in company with John Bull [graphic].
Contributor: Fores, S. W., publisher.
Published / Created: [4 January 1805]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd January 4, 1805, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
Abstract: An oversized John Bull with a carbuncled-faced sits at a round table across from a very young looking William Betty and his father, both handsome and not caricatured. John Bull toasts the two, full wine glass in hand: "Youngster, heres to you I'm glad to see you in town. Old Master Roscius your health, and may you get such another boy every New Year's Day for the benifit [sic] of the English stage." Behind them pinned to the wall are two prints: the one a profile portrait of Mrs. Siddons, hangs from one corner only, and the other a portrait of J.P. Kemble. The three ostrich feathers on the back of Master Betty's chair may indicate the patronage of the Prince of Wales
Description: Title etched below image.
Printseller's stamp in lower right corner: S.W.F.
Description from British Museum catalogue of "Young Roscius and Don John" mounted on verso.
Provenance: Grosvenor Prints; July 2008;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 24.5 x 35 cm., on sheet 27 x 40 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1805
Etchings England London 1805
Watermarks (Paper)
Material: etching ; and laid paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): Great Britain
Subject (Name): Betty, William Hen. West 1791-1874. (William Henry West),
Siddons, Sarah, 1755-1831
Kemble, John Philip, 1757-1823
Subject (Topic): John Bull (Symbolic character)
Theater
Actors
British
Child actors
Subjects: Betty, William Hen. West (William Henry West), 1791-1874
Siddons, Sarah, 1755-1831 > Caricatures and cartoons
Kemble, John Philip, 1757-1823 > Caricatures and cartoons
John Bull (Symbolic character) > Caricatures and cartoons
Theater > Great Britain > Caricatures and cartoons
Actors > British
Child actors > British
England > 1805
England > London > 1805
Fores, S. W. > Stamp

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