print
- Museum number
- 1875,0508.1525
- Title
- Object: Twelfth-Night Characters
- Description
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Six images of comic characters; the first, the King of the Comicals, in a long wig topped by a crown and wearing a brown frockcoat and yellow waistcoat, a scroll in one hand; the second, the Queen of the Comicals, in a fanciful gown, opening her arms in song, wearing a bonnet with feathers; the third, the Hottentot Venus [Saartjie Baartman] in a green dress and carrying a fan, smoking a pipe; the fourth, an aristocratic lady wearing a shawl, a parasol hanging from her hand, a little dog running along before her, a servant following behind; the fifth, a Turk in a long coat and hat, playing upon a lute; the sixth, a Turkish lady in a long gown and turban, playing upon another lute;
Hand-coloured etching
- Production date
- early 19th century
- Dimensions
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Height: 168 millimetres
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Width: 156 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1875
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1875,0508.1525