The theatrical atlas / G. Cruikshank fect.

Creator:
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, printmaker. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80067117
Published/Created:
[London]
Pubd. May 7th, 1814 by H. Humphrey, St. James's Street
May 7th, 1814.
Physical Description:
1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 35.5. x 26 cm
Notes:
Title from text etched below image.
Complete imprint statement and dimensions supplied from British Museum impression.
Abstract:
Kean as Richard III, directed to the left, stands on a large volume with the word 'Shakespear' written on the top edge. Resting on his head and humped shoulders is a model of Drury Lane Theatre, a massive block, inscribed 'Whitbreads Intire.' On the roof is poised an ugly figure of Fame, blowing through a trumpet 'Puff Puff Puff', and holding behind her a second trumpet, from which issue the words 'Puff Puff P'. At the entrance to the theatre straddles a tiny Whitbread, his legs and arms projecting from a cask which forms his body; he says: "Now by St Paul the work goes bravely on" (altering Richard's words from 'this news is bad indeed'). Kean stoops, leaning on a cross-hilted sword, inscribed 'A Keen supporter'; he has misshapen bandy legs. He says: "Well, as you guess." He wears an ermine-trimmed cap encircled by a crown, slashed doublet and trunk hose, a sleeveless coat bordered with ermine and embroidered with a (Yorkist) rose, with flapped and spurred boots. (The figure, with the position of the arms altered, is a travesty of J.J. Hall's portrait of Kean interrogating Stanley on the approach of Richmond. The costume is correct.) The stage is indicated by curtains flanking the design. In the background are clouds of smoke.--Adapted from British Museum.
Topics:
Actors--British.
King Richard III (Shakespeare, William)
Theaters--England--London.
Theaters--England--London.--http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2010116425
Topics:
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n97861435
Kean, Edmund,--1787-1833,--depicted.--http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50046386
Kean, Edmund,--1787-1833--Performances,--depicted.
Shakespeare, William,--1564-1616,--depicted.--King Richard III.
Theatre Royal, Drury Lane (London, England)--http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nb2012012255
Language:
English
Genre:
Caricatures--19th century.
Cartoons (Commentary)
Etchings--British--Hand-colored--1820-1820.
Prints--19th century.
Format:
Image
Content Type:
Prints & Photographs
Rights:
These images are provided for study purposes only. For publication or other use of images from the Library's collection, please contact the Lewis Walpole Library at walpole@yale.edu. Further details on the Library's photoduplication policy are available at http://www.library.yale.edu/walpole/html/research/rights_reproductions.html
Call Number:
814.05.17.01+
Orbis Record:
13201814
Yale Collection:
Lewis Walpole Library
Digital Collection:
Lewis Walpole Library
Local Record Number:
lwlpr35812
Citation:
British Museum collection database, via www, Sept. 28 2010, registration number 1859,0316.78
Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, v. 9, no. 12325
OID:
16227462
PID:
digcoll:4082988