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A Peep Behind The Scenes Preparatory To / The _Re_Appearance of a Distinguished Performer Upon A Popular Stage After, Having Like Other Great Actors Taken His Fa_rewell Bene_fit.: P.14718-R

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

A Peep Behind The Scenes Preparatory To / The _Re_Appearance of a Distinguished Performer Upon A Popular Stage After, Having Like Other Great Actors Taken His Fa_rewell Bene_fit.
HB Sketches No. 239

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Doyle, John (HB)
Publisher: McLean, Thomas

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Description

Lithograph (uncoloured) on white wove paper. Inlaid within a frame of buff wove paper (approx. height 360mm x width 515mm). At the centre is Charles Manners-Sutton, 1st Viscount Canterbury: 'How does my new wig & / Gown become me?'. Wellington, standing to the left: 'Believe me not so well as your old!'. Eldon sits in a chair on the right: 'Ah you are all alike! - I see none of you / can resist the temptation of office ...'. Signed with monogram at lower left: 'HB'. Title printed below the border: 'A PEEP BEHIND THE SCENES PREPARATORY TO / THE _RE_APPEARANCE OF A DISTINGUISHED PERMORMER UPON A POPULAR STAGE / AFTER, HAVING LIKE OTHER GREAT ACTORS / TAKEN HIS FA_REWELL BENE_FIT.'. The publisher's details printed below left: 'Published by Thos. McLean, 26, Haymarket, Jan. 30th. 1833.'. An eye-shaped blind stamp at lower left: 'SUBSCRIBERS / COPY / HB [at the centre]'. Printer's details below the border at lower right: 'A. Ducôté's Lithogy. 70, St Martins Lane'. Printed above the border at upper right: 'HB Sketches No. 239'.

Legal notes

Given by Mrs J.E. Foster, 1895

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1895) by Foster, J.E., Mrs

Dating

19th Century
Production date: AD 1833-01-30

Note

Height 298mm x width 387mm

School or Style

British

Techniques used in production

Lithography

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.14718-R
Primary reference Number: 225307
McLean: 239
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Audit data

Created: Wednesday 5 September 2018 Updated: Thursday 6 January 2022 Last processed: Wednesday 13 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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