H Beard Print Collection
Print
21st October 1812 (published)
21st October 1812 (published)
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Print entitled 'A Buz in a Box or the Poet in a Pet - with a Chip of the Block, mounted on Papa's Pegasus'. The print satirises the re-opening address made at the Drury Lane Theatre before a performance of Hamlet. A competition had been set inviting people to write the opening address but when the competition did not produce desired results, the theatre employed Lord Byron (a member of Drury Lane's Theatre Committee) as writer and R. W. Elliston (the actor playing Hamlet) as reader. The rejection of the public's offerings and the 'favouritism' of employing Byron and Elliston was unpopular and tumultuous and resulted in the publishing of a book containing the Rejected Addresses. Published in London by S. W. Fores.
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Title | H Beard Print Collection (named collection) |
Materials and techniques | hand coloured etching, ink and wash on paper |
Brief description | Print entitled 'A Buz in a Box or the Poet in a Pet - with a Chip of the Block, mounted on Papa's Pegasus'. Published in London by S. W. Fores on 21st October 1812, Harry Beard Collection. |
Physical description | Etched and hand coloured print entitled 'A Buz in a Box or the Poet in a Pet - with a Chip of the Block, mounted on Papa's Pegasus'. |
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Summary | Print entitled 'A Buz in a Box or the Poet in a Pet - with a Chip of the Block, mounted on Papa's Pegasus'. The print satirises the re-opening address made at the Drury Lane Theatre before a performance of Hamlet. A competition had been set inviting people to write the opening address but when the competition did not produce desired results, the theatre employed Lord Byron (a member of Drury Lane's Theatre Committee) as writer and R. W. Elliston (the actor playing Hamlet) as reader. The rejection of the public's offerings and the 'favouritism' of employing Byron and Elliston was unpopular and tumultuous and resulted in the publishing of a book containing the Rejected Addresses. Published in London by S. W. Fores. |
Other number | F.118-98 - H Beard collection numbering |
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Accession number | S.4752-2009 |
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Record created | September 24, 2009 |
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