Theatrical Doctors recovering Clara's Notes
Print
1802 (made)
1802 (made)
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| Place of origin |
General Description: Theatrical Doctors recovering Clara's Notes (BM:S.9915). Caricature of the singer Elizabeth Billington being spoon fed gold coins by William Thomas Lewis, Deputy Manager of Covent Garden while Richard Brinsley Sheridan looks on. British Inscribed in pencil Sheridan. Lettered and inscribed with title, inscribed with captions and Pubd Jany 16th 1802 by S W Fores 50 Piccadilly and Folios of Caracatures lent out for the Evening. Wi th the mark of the collection of S.W. Fores (1761-1838) (Lugt 2384) on the front and Frank A. Gibson (d.1976) on the back.
Object details
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| Title | Theatrical Doctors recovering Clara's Notes |
| Materials and techniques | Etching, coloured by hand |
| Brief description | Satirical print by Williams, from a 'Folio of Caricatures lent out for the Evening' - 'Theatrical Doctors recovering Clara's Notes' |
| Physical description | General Description: Theatrical Doctors recovering Clara's Notes (BM:S.9915). Caricature of the singer Elizabeth Billington being spoon fed gold coins by William Thomas Lewis, Deputy Manager of Covent Garden while Richard Brinsley Sheridan looks on. British Inscribed in pencil Sheridan. Lettered and inscribed with title, inscribed with captions and Pubd Jany 16th 1802 by S W Fores 50 Piccadilly and Folios of Caracatures lent out for the Evening. Wi th the mark of the collection of S.W. Fores (1761-1838) (Lugt 2384) on the front and Frank A. Gibson (d.1976) on the back. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by Frank A. Gibson |
| Bibliographic reference | BM:S.= British Museum: Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires. London, 1870-1954 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.1144-1990 |
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| Record created | February 18, 2009 |
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