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H Beard Print Collection

Print
21st October 1812 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

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.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleH 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'.
Dimensions
  • Print size height: 25.6cm
  • Print size width: 36.2cm
Subjects depicted
Literary references
  • Hamlet
  • Rejected Addresses
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.118-99 - H Beard collection numbering
Collection
Accession number
S.4753-2009

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Record createdSeptember 25, 2009
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