Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
Theatrical leap frog.
Call Number
D North 52/GC112/Box 19/Normal/Prints/Titles Ta-U GA 2014.00525
Identifier
ark:/88435/3x816v727
Publisher
[London] : [s.n.], 1804/11/30.
Language
No linguistic content
Date Created
1804
Extent
1 item ; sheet 37.3 x 33.5 cm.
Source Acquisition
Gift of Dickson Q. Brown, Princeton University Class of 1895.
References
Grego II, p. 46
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Notes
Medium: Etchings, Hand coloring
Depiction: The young Roscius, as an infant prodigy, is flying over the back of Kemble, both the performers being dressed in the habit then customary for Hamlet - 'Alas!' cries Kemble, 'is it come to this? Ah, woe is me! seeing what I have seen, seeing what I see! O Roscius!'
Item description: For publisher's inscription, Ackermann spelled Akermann and 103 instead of 101.

Discovery Information

Subject
Caricature
Theater—England—London—History—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
Actors—Great Britain—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
Kemble, John Philip, 1757-1823—Caricatures and cartoons
Betty, William Hen. West (William Henry West), 1791-1874—Caricatures and cartoons
Outdoor games—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616—Characters—Ophelia—Parodies, imitations, etc..
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Hamlet—Parodies, imitations, etc..

Physical Characteristics

File Count
1

Institutional Information

Collection
Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/67e29655-4614-4844-a332-cddd12e36c0c/manifest