print
- Museum number
- 1868,0808.2989
- Title
- Object: Arthur and Emmeline
- Description
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Scene in a forest glade; Emmeline, whose sight has been magically restored, holds up a pocket mirror and, looking at her reflection, catches sight of that of King Arthur, who stands behind her to left in armour, sweeping a bow; in an oval; after Ansell; scratched-letter state. 1787
Etching and stipple
- Production date
- 1787
- Dimensions
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Height: 397 millimetres
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Width: 354 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- The scene is taken from Act 3 of the opera "King Arthur and the British Worthy" by John Dryden with music by Henry Purcell first performed in 1691 but revived in the 1780s at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane..
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: King Arthur or, The British Worthy (1691)
- Acquisition date
- 1868
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1868,0808.2989
