Melpomene in the Dumps, or Child's Play Defended by Theatrical Monarchs
Medium
Hand-colored etching and letterpress
Dimensions
Sheet (trimmed): 16 7/8 × 9 1/8 in. (42.9 × 23.2 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959
Accession Number
59.533.1961
Tags
SatireMenWomenActresses
About the Artist
John Philip Kemble|Rudolph Ackermann, London|Sarah Siddons|Thomas Rowlandson|D. N. Shury (British, Welsh|British|British|British|British) · 1755 |1757 |1804 |1757 |1764 –1831 |1827 |1816 |1823 |1834
British, Brecon, Wales 1755–1831 London|British, London 1757–1827 London|London|British, Prescot, Lancashire 1757–1823 Lausanne|British, active 1794–1829