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H Beard Print Collection

Print
24th October 1791 (published)
Artist/Maker
H. Humphrey (publisher)
Gillray, James (artist)
Place of origin
London (published)

Print entitled 'The devil to pay; - the wife metamorphos'd, or Neptune reposing, after fording the Jordan'. Satire on the actress Dorothea Jordan's association with the Duke of Clarence (later King William IV). Published in London by Hannah Humphrey.


Object details

Categories
Prints
Entertainment & Leisure
Object type
Print
TitleH Beard Print Collection (named collection)
Materials and techniques
hand coloured etching
Printing Ink
Watercolour
Paper
Print-Making
Etching (Printing Process)
Painting
Hand-Colouring
Brief description
Print entitled 'The devil to pay; - the wife metamorphos'd, or Neptune reposing, after fording the Jordan'. Satire on the actress Dorothea Jordan's association with the Duke of Clarence (later King William IV). Published in London by Hannah Humphrey on 24th October 1791, Harry Beard Collection
Physical description
Hand coloured etching entitled 'The devil to pay; - the wife metamorphos'd, or Neptune reposing, after fording the Jordan'.
Dimensions
  • Print size height: 24.4cm
  • Print size width: 34.6cm
Marks and inscriptions
'1. Jordan (Mrs Dorothea) the stage name of Miss Bland / daughter of an actress; played first in Dublin, the Yorkshire / + appeared at Drury Lane in "The Country Girl" in 1785 / 1762 - 1816.' (Written in pencil on back of print.)
Subjects depicted
Jordan, Dorothea (Mrs)
William (IV, King of Great Britain)
Summary
Print entitled 'The devil to pay; - the wife metamorphos'd, or Neptune reposing, after fording the Jordan'. Satire on the actress Dorothea Jordan's association with the Duke of Clarence (later King William IV). Published in London by Hannah Humphrey.
Other number
F.81-57 - H Beard collection numbering
Collection
Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number
S.1813-2009

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Record createdFebruary 4, 2009
Record URL
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