print;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- 1849,0721.843-846
- Title
- Series: Bell's British Theatre
- Description
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Four illustrations to Bell's 'British Theatre', after Stothard; pasted to the same album sheet; roundel or octagonal format with plaque for the series title above, decorated with garlands and appropriate symbols, and below with plaque for subject details; proofs before letters.
'Timanthes', act V, sc. I, by John Hoole; a woman chained to a chair cradling a sleeping child, watched by another woman standing beside her on the left; by Wilson.
'Fair Rosamond'; Queen Eleanor offering her rival Rosamund the choice between a dagger and a cup of poison, while the latter sits in a bower looking up fearfully; by Heath.
'Edward and Eleanor', act III, sc. I, by Thomson; Edward sitting on the right at Eleanor's deathbed, taking her hand and cradling her neck, in a tent with men gathered at the entrance; by Heath.
A man wearing a cloak, holding a lantern, and addressing two others who stand together on the right, arm in arm, wearing oriental dress.
Etching and engraving
- Production date
- 1792-1796
- Dimensions
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Height: 128 millimetres (images, circa)
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Height: 175 millimetres (plates, circa)
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Width: 79 millimetres (images, circa)
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Width: 112 millimetres (plates, circa)
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Included in the second volume of Balmanno's collection of Stothard's work in BM P&D. See 1849,0721.1 for more information.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
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Associated Title: Timanthes
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Associated Title: Fair Rosamund
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Associated Title: Edward and Eleanora
- Acquisition date
- 1849
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1849,0721.843-846
