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Theatrical portraits and caricatures

Title
Theatrical portraits and caricatures [graphic].
Publication
1721?-1853.

Details

Additional Authors
  • Atkinson, John Augustus, 1775-approximately 1833.
  • Cooper, Robert.
  • Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878.
  • Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811
  • Cruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856.
  • Dighton, Richard, 1795-1880.
  • Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814.
  • Gear, John William.
  • Gillray, James, 1756-1815.
  • Heath, Henry, active 1824-1850.
  • Heath, William, 1795-1840.
  • Loutherbourg, Philippe-Jacques de, 1740-1812.
  • Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827.
Description
2 v.(400 prints, 13 drawings); 56 x 38 cm.
Summary
Portraits and caricatures of British actors and actresses of the 18th and early 19th centuries. Includes representations of amateur theatre, ballet, clowns, comedies, dancers, farce, masquerades, melodrama, opera, pantomime and tragedies at theaters including the Covent Garden Theatre, the Drury Lane Theatre, the Haymarket Theatre and the Sadlers Wells Theatre.
Subject
  • Covent Garden Theatre
  • Theatre Royal, Drury Lane (London, England)
  • Haymarket Theatre (London, England)
  • Sadler's Wells Theatre (London, England)
  • Actors
  • Actresses
  • Actresses > Portraits
  • Amateur theatre
  • Ballet
  • Clowns
  • Comedy
  • Dancers
  • Farce
  • Masquerades
  • Melodrama
  • Opera
  • Pantomime
  • Tragedy
  • Theaters > England
Genre/Form
  • Broadsides – English – 1700-1799.
  • Broadsides – English – 1800-1899.
  • Caricatures – English – 1700-1799.
  • Caricatures – English – 1800-1899.
  • Portraits – English – 1700-1799.
  • Portraits – English – 1800-1899.
  • Prints – English – 1700-1799.
  • Prints – English – 1800-1899.
Note
  • Printmakers include J.A. Atkinson, Robert Cooper, George Cruikshank, Isaac Cruikshank, Robert Cruikshank, Richard Dighton, Robert Dighton, John William Gear, James Gillray, H. Heath, William Heath, Philippe-Jacques de Loutherbourg and Thomas Rowlandson.
  • Title from spines of bound volumes.
  • Volumes bound in black morocco, gilt.
Cite As (note)
  • Caricature Collection.
Indexes/Finding Aids (note)
  • Finding aid available.
Linking Entry (note)
  • Forms part of Caricature Collection.
Call Number
MEZYRKZ+ (Theatrical)
OCLC
NYPG95-F190
Title
Theatrical portraits and caricatures [graphic].
Imprint
1721?-1853.
Cite As:
Caricature Collection.
Indexes
Finding aid available.
Linking Entry
Forms part of Caricature Collection.
Added Author
Atkinson, John Augustus, 1775-approximately 1833.
Cooper, Robert. Engraver
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878.
Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811
Cruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856.
Dighton, Richard, 1795-1880.
Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814.
Gear, John William.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.
Heath, Henry, active 1824-1850.
Heath, William, 1795-1840.
Loutherbourg, Philippe-Jacques de, 1740-1812.
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827.
Research Call Number
MEZYRKZ+ (Theatrical)
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