A New Drop Scene for D.L.T.
Print
1808 (published)
1808 (published)
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Hand-coloured lithograph depicting a caricature scene at Drury Lane Theare. In the foreground, on the left, a smiling woman (representing Comedy) is being hanged by a man, another woman (representing Tragedy) has been stabbed through the hand, and the playwright Sheridan is lying, drunk, on the floor. To the right is a man surrounded by clothed cats and dogs dancing on their hind legs. In the background a man can be seen painting black spots onto a white dog whilst another man is inflating a bear skin.
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Title | A New Drop Scene for D.L.T. (assigned by artist) |
Materials and techniques | Hand-coloured lithograph on paper |
Brief description | Print by Samuel De Wilde [Thaumaso Scrutiny], 'A New Drop Scene for D.L.T.,' caricature produced for the Satirist, lithograph coloured by hand, London, 1808 |
Physical description | Hand-coloured lithograph depicting a caricature scene at Drury Lane Theare. In the foreground, on the left, a smiling woman (representing Comedy) is being hanged by a man, another woman (representing Tragedy) has been stabbed through the hand, and the playwright Sheridan is lying, drunk, on the floor. To the right is a man surrounded by clothed cats and dogs dancing on their hind legs. In the background a man can be seen painting black spots onto a white dog whilst another man is inflating a bear skin. |
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Marks and inscriptions | 'Thaumaso Scrutiny Esqr delt & sculp. Published for the Satirist May 1st 1808. by S. Tipper Leadenhall Street.' (Lettered) |
Credit line | Given by Sir Barry Jackson |
Object history | This caricature, issued less than a year before the destruction of Drury Lane Theatre by fire, is an attack on the policy of the theatre management who had been neglecting serious drama in favour of spectacular melodramas and performing animals. The white Newfoundland dog in the centre is 'Carlo' who appeared in 'The Caravan' in 1803. |
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Bibliographic reference | Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1932. London: HMSO, 1933. |
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Accession number | E.2516-1932 |
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Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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