print;
satirical print
- Museum number
- 1868,0808.5540
- Title
- Object: The charmers of the age.
- Description
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Mme Mara (left) and Rubinelli (right) sing a duet on the stage. Rubinelli, tall and thin, wearing quasi-Roman dress with a plumed helmet and long cloak, leans towards Mara, his right arm extended. Mara stands full-face, her hands on her breast, singing with a distressed expression, face somewhat contorted, eyes closed. 30 May 1786
Etching and aquatint
- Production date
- 1786
- Dimensions
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Height: 253 millimetres
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Width: 215 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- (Description and comment from M.Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', VI, 1938)
Mara and Rubinelli sang together in 'Virginia', on 4 May 1786, the latter's first appearance on the London stage. W. T. Parke, 'Musical Memories', 1830, i. 59. See also BMSat 7067.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1868
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1868,0808.5540
