Image not available
James Sayers
1748-1823
A peep behind the curtain at Drury Lane / JS f.
[London] : Publd. by Thos. Cornell, 14 Jany. 1789.
etching & aquatint
image: 182 x 161 mm; plate mark: 194 x 170 mm; sheet: 209 x 186 mm
Peel 1645
Notes
A satire on the Regency crisis of 1788.
Inscriptions/Markings
Sheridan is identified in pencil at foot of sheet.
Provenance
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Summary
Print shows Sheridan at left, speaking through a small aperture in the curtain which he holds open, addressing the musicians, some of whom are seen on the right, saying, with a conspiratorial scowl, "D--n em dont play God Save the King". Behind the musicians are the heads of some of the audience in the pit, shouting; a label extending across part of the print (right), inscribed 'Play God save the King', shows their words. In a box are a lady and two men. The print shows the arrangement of footlights, orchestra, pit, and a box on the first tier. Cf. George.
Associated names
Cornell, Thos., active 1780-1792, publisher.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Artist
Classification
Department
Catalog link