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Thomas Rowlandson (1757-1827)
John Bull at the Italian Opera. 2 - 2 Oct 1811
Hand-coloured etching | 35.9 x 25.6 cm (sheet of paper) (sheet of paper) | RCIN 810857
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Italian opera was sometimes the object of xenophobic disdain in London – as shown by the stoical reaction of John Bull in the upper tier. Rowlandson’s print also plays on the infectious nature of yawning. He must have been aware that the buyers of this work would suffer as much as a number of the audience members. Inscribed in the plate: Designd and Pubd by T. Rowlandson N 1 James Street Adelphi Octr 2 1811
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Creator(s)
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Medium and techniques
Hand-coloured etching
Measurements
35.9 x 25.6 cm (sheet of paper) (sheet of paper)
35.5 x 24.9 cm (plate mark) (platemark)
Other number(s)
BM Satires : Catalogue of political and personal satires preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum ... 11 v. in 12. – BM Satires 10485Bibliographic reference(s)
BM Satires : Catalogue of political and personal satires preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum ... 11 v. in 12. BM Satires 10485
Featured in
ExhibitionHigh Spirits: The Comic Art of Thomas Rowlandson: The Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace
Through the humour of Rowlandson’s drawings and prints, this exhibition examines life at the turn of the 19th century.
