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Print - H Beard Print Collection
  • H Beard Print Collection
    Sayers, James, born 1748 - died 1823
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H Beard Print Collection

  • Object:

    Print

  • Place of origin:

    London, England (published)

  • Date:

    14th January 1780 (published)

  • Artist/Maker:

    Sayers, James, born 1748 - died 1823 (artist)
    Cornell, Thomas (publisher)

  • Materials and Techniques:

    etching and aquatint

  • Museum number:

    S.1648-2009

  • Gallery location:

    In Storage

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Print entitled 'A Peep behind the Curtain at Drury Lane' in which Sheridan speaks through the aperture in the curtain. Published by Thomas Cornell.

Physical description

Etched and aquatinted print entitled 'A Peep behind the Curtain at Drury Lane' in which Richard Brinsley Sheridan speaks through the aperture in the curtain.

Place of Origin

London, England (published)

Date

14th January 1780 (published)

Artist/maker

Sayers, James, born 1748 - died 1823 (artist)
Cornell, Thomas (publisher)

Materials and Techniques

etching and aquatint

Dimensions

Height: 19 cm Print size, Width: 16.7 cm Print size, Height: 25.1 cm Total including mount, Width: 22.8 cm Total including mount

Descriptive line

Print entitled 'A Peep behind the Curtain at Drury Lane' in which Sheridan speaks through the aperture in the curtain. Published by Thomas Cornell on 14th January 1789, Harry Beard Collection

Materials

Paper; Printing ink

Techniques

Print-making; Aquatint; Etching (corroding)

Subjects depicted

Caricature; Satire; Sheridan, Richard Brinsley

Categories

Prints; Entertainment & Leisure

Collection code

THM

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