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Theatrical Doctors recovering Clara's Notes

Print
1802 (made)
Artist/Maker
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

Category
Object type
TitleTheatrical 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.
Dimensions
  • Size of plate height: 23.9cm
  • Size of plate width: 35.5cm
  • Size of sheet height: 25.2cm
  • Size of sheet width: 37.1cm
Size of plate 23.9 x 35.5 cm Size of sheet 25.2 x 37.1 cm
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 createdFebruary 18, 2009
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