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Object Type
print
Museum number
1865,1111.2027
Description
The exterior of a tavern; Lucia Vestris, as Don Giovanni, in a blue fur-lined tunic and an extravagantly plumed hat, with one hand on her hip and the other raised and holding a whip to strike John Pritt Harley, as Leporello; who wears a green and red doublet and hose and holds a cup in his right hand; Hand-coloured etching
Producer name
Print made by:
George Cruikshank
Print made by:
Isaac Robert Cruikshank
(Reid attributes to GC but print is lettered IRC)
School/style
British
Production date
1823
Production place
Published in:
London (England)
Materials
paper
Technique
etching
hand-coloured
Dimensions
Height:
123 millimetres
(printed border)
Width:
200 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references
Reid 1871 / A descriptive catalogue of the works of George Cruikshank
(1158)
Location
Not on display
Associated names
Representation of:
Lucia Elizabeth Vestris
Representation of:
John Pritt Harley
Associated with:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Associated titles
Associated Title:
Don Giovanni
Associated Title:
Giovanni
(An 'Extravaganza' based on Mozart's opera)
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
James Rimell & Son
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Edmund Story Maskelyne
Acquisition date
1865
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1865,1111.2027