print; satirical print; book-illustration

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print; satirical print; book-illustration

Object Type: print; satirical print; book-illustration
Museum number: 1935,0916.9
Title: Object: The Green Room at Drury Lane Theatre. Tom & Jerry introduced to the characters in Don Giovanni.
Description: Illustration to Pierce Egan's Life in London, page 324. Tom and Jerry, arm-in-arm, and holding opera-hats, are introduced by (?)Elliston to Mme Vestris, in quasi-Spanish costume as Don Giovanni. Another Spaniard (1.) is (?)Harley as Leporello. Mercury leans against the chimneypiece and Pluto sits on a settee by the fire. A dandy in top-hat and white trousers stands in the background, and there are another actor and three actresses in the costume of their parts. 1 June 1821 Hand-coloured etching and aquatint
Producer name: Print made by: George Cruikshank; Print made by: Isaac Robert Cruikshank; Published by: Sherwood & Co
School/style
Production date: 1821
Production place: Published in: London (England)
Materials
Technique: etching; aquatint; hand-coloured
Dimensions: Height: 133 millimetres; Width: 212 millimetres (trimmed)
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: For another impression and comment see 1864,0611.403
Bibliographic references: BM Satires / Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum (14346); Reid 1871 / A descriptive catalogue of the works of George Cruikshank (5106); Cohn 1924 / George Cruikshank, catalogue raisonné (262)
Location: Not on display
Subjects
Associated names: Illustration to: Pierce Egan; Associated with: Robert William Elliston; Associated with: John Pritt Harley; Associated with: Lucia Elizabeth Vestris
Associated places: Topographic representation of: London
Associated titles
Acquisition date: 1935
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1935,0916.9

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