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Comedy in the country. Tragedy in London.
1807
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Metadata
- Call Number
- D North 51/GC112/Box 04/Normal/Prints/Titles Co-Cz GA 2014.00147
- Publisher
- [London] : [s.n.], 1807/05/29.
- People
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- Language
- No linguistic content
- Subject
- Caricature
- Theater audiences—England—London—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Peasants—England—London—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Laughter—England—London—Caricatures and cartoons
- Crying—England—London—Caricatures and cartoons
- Musicians—England—London—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- City and town life—England—London—Caricatures and cartoons
- Country life—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
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Item Summary
Descriptive Information
- Title
- Comedy in the country. Tragedy in London.
- Call Number
- D North 51/GC112/Box 04/Normal/Prints/Titles Co-Cz GA 2014.00147
- Identifier
- ark:/88435/3f462d541
- Publisher
- [London] : [s.n.], 1807/05/29.
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Date Created
- 1807
- Extent
- 1 item ; sheet 39.8 x 26.4 cm.
- Source Acquisition
- Gift of Dickson Q. Brown, Princeton University Class of 1895.
- References
- Grego II, p. 74
- Tegg no. 20
- Rights Statement
- No Known Copyright
- Notes
- Medium: Etchings, Hand coloring
- Depiction: Comedy in the Country is played in a barnlike building to an audience of rustics, whose faces express the most intense appreciation. Very select audience into the depths of grief and misery. Tears bedew every cheek, and even the members of the orchestra are weeping profusely.
- Item description: Two scenes on one sheet.
- Signed in plate, lower right: "Rowlandson scul.".
Discovery Information
- Subject
- Caricature
- Theater audiences—England—London—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Peasants—England—London—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- Laughter—England—London—Caricatures and cartoons
- Crying—England—London—Caricatures and cartoons
- Musicians—England—London—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
- City and town life—England—London—Caricatures and cartoons
- Country life—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 1
Institutional Information
- Collection
- Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
- IIIF Manifest URL
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https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/3c72bb9e-cbf6-4ccd-a74f-6a4b3ddc7b13/manifest