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- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [15 January 1809]
- Call Number:
- 809.01.15.03+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Kemble, in tattered theatrical dress, stands at the gate of Northumberland House in the Strand, holding out his hat and bowing to the obese and oafish-looking Duke of Northumberland, who is placing a "Draft for 10,000 Pounds" in the hat; in his right hand he holds a paper which lists donations. Kemble is followed by his brother Charles and his sister Mrs. Siddons, both of whom are weeping. Her reticule is stuffed with papers and is inscribed "Humble solicitations..."
- Alternative Title:
- New dramatic resource : "a begging we will go! A scene from Covent Garden Theatre after the conflagration
- Description:
- Title etched below image. and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
- Publisher:
- Publishd. Jany. 15, 1809, by H. Humphrey, St. James's Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London.
- Subject (Name):
- Kemble, Charles, 1775-1854, Kemble, John Philip, 1757-1823, Northumberland, Hugh Percy, Duke of, 1742-1817, Siddons, Sarah, 1755-1831, Strand, The (London, England), and Covent Garden Theatre.
- Subject (Topic):
- Fires, Fools & jesters, and Harlequin (Fictitious character)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Theatrical-mendicants relieved "have pity upon all out achès & wantès!" / [graphic]