The Green Room at Drury Lane Theatre
Print
June 1 1821 (published)
June 1 1821 (published)
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This print depicts Tom and Jerry, who are shown linked arms and holding hats, are introduced to the performer playing Don Giovanni in Mozart's opera of the same title. Also pictured are the characters Mercury, who is leaning against a chimney, and Pluto, who is sitting on a settee. Other actors in costume are in the background.
This may have been a scene from Tom and Jerry, or Life in London, the stage adaptation by William Moncrieff of Pierce Egan's book Life in London, or Days and Nights of Jerry Hawthorne and his elegant friend Corinthian Tom that opened at London's Adelphi Theatre in London in 1821.
This may have been a scene from Tom and Jerry, or Life in London, the stage adaptation by William Moncrieff of Pierce Egan's book Life in London, or Days and Nights of Jerry Hawthorne and his elegant friend Corinthian Tom that opened at London's Adelphi Theatre in London in 1821.
Object details
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| Title | The Green Room at Drury Lane Theatre (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Hand coloured etching |
| Brief description | Print entitled The Green Room at Drury Lane Theatre. Tom and Jerry introduced to the characters in Don Giovanni by Isaac Robert and George Cruikshank, Harry Beard Collection. |
| Physical description | Hand coloured print entitled 'The Green Room at Drury Lane Theatre. Tom and Jerry introduced to the characters in Don Giovanni' by Isaac Robert and George Cruikshank. |
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| Content description | Hand coloured etching depicting Tom and Jerry, arms linked, holding hats, are introduced to Don Giovanni. Also pictured is Mercury who is leaning against a chimney and Pluto who is sitting on a settee. There are other actors in costume in the background. |
| Credit line | Harry R. Beard Collection, given by Isobel Beard |
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| Summary | This print depicts Tom and Jerry, who are shown linked arms and holding hats, are introduced to the performer playing Don Giovanni in Mozart's opera of the same title. Also pictured are the characters Mercury, who is leaning against a chimney, and Pluto, who is sitting on a settee. Other actors in costume are in the background. This may have been a scene from Tom and Jerry, or Life in London, the stage adaptation by William Moncrieff of Pierce Egan's book Life in London, or Days and Nights of Jerry Hawthorne and his elegant friend Corinthian Tom that opened at London's Adelphi Theatre in London in 1821. |
| Associated object | S.1135-1986 (Object) |
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| Accession number | S. 133-2012 |
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| Record created | February 17, 2012 |
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