print
- Museum number
- R,10.42
- Title
- Object: The Indian Emperor
- Description
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Copy of a picture by Hogarth, showing a performance of Dryden's play 'The Indian Emperor; or, the Conquest of Mexico' which took place in spring 1732 in the hourse of John Conduitt, before the Duke of Cumberland, who stands on the left with the Princesses Mary and Louisa beside him; the Duke of Richmond is shown in the left foreground, leaning over his wife's chair, while Lady Deloraine, sitting beside her, bends forward towards her daughters; the Earl of Pomfret, Duke of Montague and Tom Hill stand on the far left; the performers are Lord Sempster as Cortez, Lady Caroline Lenox as Cydaria, Lady Sophia Fermor as Almeria, and Miss Catherine Conduitt, afterwards Lady Symington, as Alibech; Dr. Desaguiliers is shown consulting a book at the back of the stage; closed-letter state. 1792
Etching, engraving and stipple
- Production date
- 1792
- Dimensions
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Height: 420 millimetres (trimmed)
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Width: 543 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Pasted on the backing sheet with the key dated 1791. (The print was published in 1792, for which see S,2.155 and Cc,2.215.)
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Indian Emperor of Conquest of Mexico
- Acquisition date
- 1818
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- R,10.42
