A theatrical candidate [graphic].

Creator:

Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker.

Published/Created:

[London]
[1797]

Copyright Date:

[1797]

Physical Description:

1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 35.3 x 25 cm, on sheet 36 x 26 cm

Related Links:

http://beinecke.library.yale.edu/dl_crosscollex/brbldl_getrec.asp?fld=img&id=11792473

Notes:

Title etched below image.
Printmaker and date from Grego.
Possibly published by Fores, whose publisher's stamp is on the Lewis Walpole Library impression.
CtY-LW
Twelve lines of text below title: A candidate for the stage lately applied to the manager of Drury-Lane Theatre for an engagement ...
Temporary local subject terms: Actors -- Auditions.

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.

Topics:

Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Fores, S. W., publisher.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Riviere & Son Binding.
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley,--1751-1816--Caricatures and cartoons.

Language:

English

Genre:

Booksellers' stamps (Provenance)--S. W. Fores.--CtY-LW
Etchings--England--London--1797.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1797.
Stamp.

Format:

Image

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.

Access Restrictions:

Public

Source Creator:

Harvey, Francis

Source Title:

The political and humourous works of Thomas Rowlandson, 1774-1825

Source Created:

London

Call Number:

797.00.00.58+
Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 4

Box:

Volume 4

Folder:

Folder IV-68

Orbis Record:

8113056

Yale Collection:

LEWIS WALPOLE LIBRARY, Prints and Drawings

Digital Collection:

Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library

oid pointer:

11792473

Citation:

Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7, no. 9086
Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 1, page 330

Extent of digitization:

Complete folder digitized.

OID:

11791669

PID:

digcoll:3996273