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Thomas Rowlandson (1757-1827)
Tragedy Spectators. 8 - 8 Oct 1789
Hand-coloured etching | 17.6 x 25.8 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 810353
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A hand-coloured print of a group of male and female spectators within a theatre. The audience is in a state of melancholia induced by watching a Tragedy. On the right, a gentleman administers smelling salts to a lady. The print forms one half of a full plate (the other being RCIN 810352). Inscribed in the plate: Published as the Act directs Octr. 8th. 1789. by S. W. Fores N 3 Piccadilly
Provenance
Perhaps one of the prints acquired from the descendants of Samuel Fores in 1854
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Creator(s)
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Medium and techniques
Hand-coloured etching
Measurements
17.6 x 25.8 cm (sheet of paper)
Place of Production
Greater London [England]
