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1. Hold! Pizarro, hear me! If not always justly, at least act always greatly. Pizarro [graphic]
- Creator:
- Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [14 December 1799]
- Call Number:
- Quarto 75 D569 812
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 28. Characatures by Dighton.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Mrs. Siddons as Elvira in 'Pizarro'. Her words are from Act III. iii (in Pizarro's tent). She stands with her head turned in profile to the left, right arm extended in a commanding gesture. She wears a high-waisted, quasi-classical dress, with a long cloak bordered with gold, folds of which are twisted round her left arm."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Temporary local subject terms: Theater: actors in performance -- Literature: Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Pizarro, iii.3 -- Female costume: theater costume., Leaf 28 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton., 1 print : etching with drypoint on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 22.3 x 17.4 cm, on sheet 31.1 x 25.5 cm., and Figure identified as "Siddons" in pencil in lower left corner of sheet.
- Publisher:
- Robert Dighton
- Subject (Name):
- Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816. and Siddons, Sarah, 1755-1831
- Subject (Topic):
- Actresses, British, and Theatrical productions
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Hold! Pizarro, hear me! If not always justly, at least act always greatly. Pizarro [graphic]
2. We serve a King whom we love - a God whom we adore. Pizarro [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [June 1799]
- Call Number:
- Quarto 75 D569 812
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 26. Characatures by Dighton.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Kemble (scarcely caricatured), as Rolla (the noble Peruvian), stands with his left hand pointing upwards, his right arm thrown back, his head in profile to the right. He wears quasi-classical dress, with barbarian adornments, feathered head-dress, heavy gold belt, and ornaments. The costume appears substantially correct, with some exaggeration of the gold chains and ornaments."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Leaf 26 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton., and Figure identified as "Kemble" in pencil below plate mark.
- Publisher:
- Robert Dighton
- Subject (Name):
- Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816. and Kemble, John Philip, 1757-1823
- Subject (Topic):
- Actors, British, and Theatrical productions
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > We serve a King whom we love - a God whom we adore. Pizarro [graphic]