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Pizarro, Act 4 Scene 1

Transparency
1800 (made)
Artist/Maker
Joseph Stadler (artist)
Joseph Barrow (artist)
Place of origin
Great Britain (made)

Etching and hand-coloured aquatint depicting a scene from R.B Sheridan's version of Kotzebue's play, 'Pizarro'. The print depicts a man and a woman wearing traditional Romanesque tunics, moving through in a dungeon lit by a glowing yellow lamp overhead, whilst the woman brandishes a dagger. Lettered with title, printer's details and a quote from the scene in the play.


Object details

Categories
Prints
Theatre
Printmaking Techniques
Object type
Transparency
TitlePizarro, Act 4 Scene 1 (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Hand-coloured etching and aquatint
Printing Inks
Etching
Aquatint
Hand Colouring
Brief description
Transparency, an etching and hand-coloured aquatint depicting a scene from R.B Sheridan's version of Kotzebue's play, 'Pizarro'. Great Britain, 1800.
Physical description
Etching and hand-coloured aquatint depicting a scene from R.B Sheridan's version of Kotzebue's play, 'Pizarro'. The print depicts a man and a woman wearing traditional Romanesque tunics, moving through in a dungeon lit by a glowing yellow lamp overhead, whilst the woman brandishes a dagger. Lettered with title, printer's details and a quote from the scene in the play.
Dimensions
  • Height: 61.7cm
  • Width: 49.5cm
Dimensions taken from Miller, Elizabeth. Hand Coloured British Prints. London: Published by Trustees of the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1987.
Marks and inscriptions
  • I.C. Barrow delt. F.S.A./ London, Pubd. May 17, 1800, by Random and Stainbank, 17 Old Bond Str. Patentees of the New Invented and Fashionable Transparent Window Carriage & Window Blinds, Screens. Ec.E.c.
  • Plate 1/Elvira. What if thus I free myself? (Shews a Dagger)/Rolla.Strike it to my Heart-Still with the Convulsive gasp of Death I'll hold thee fast.
Associations
Sheridan
Kotzebue
Bibliographic references
  • Miller, Elizabeth. Hand Coloured British Prints. London: Published by Trustees of the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1987.
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1939, published under the Authority of the Ministry of Education, London, 1950
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.2-1939

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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