Print, satirical print, book-illustration (BM 1952,0117.14.167)
Summary
Satire on the popular stage. Apollo, holding a volume of Horace, is kicked from a stage by Punch; Harlequin, wearing a black mask, pursues him brandishing his slap-stick and waving a scroll lettered "Harlequin Horace"; beneath their feet lie volumes of Rowe, Shakespeare and Johnson; to the left, Pierrot watches. On either side of the stage are statues of theatrical muses; above hangs the motto "Vivitur ingenio" flanked by festoon; above the stage entrances on either side are boxes from which members of the audience look down; illustration to Cibber's 'Theophilus Cibber, to David Garrick, Esq.: with Dissertations on Theatrical Subjects' (London: 1759)
Etching and engraving
Tags
Date
1800
Source
British Museum
Copyright info
public domain