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Print made by James Gillray, 1757–1815, British, The Theatrical Bubble: Being a New Specimen of the Astonishing Powers of the Great Politico-Punchinello, in the art of Dramatic Puffing, 1805
- Title:
The Theatrical Bubble: Being a New Specimen of the Astonishing Powers of the Great Politico-Punchinello, in the art of Dramatic Puffing
- Additional Title(s):
New Method of Raising ye Wind
- Date:
- 1805
- Medium:
- Etching and aquatint, hand-colored on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 14 7/16 x 10 inches (36.7 x 25.4 cm), Image: 12 15/16 x 9 3/4 inches (32.8 x 24.7 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered, within image, names of contemporary actors, plays, and characters; lettered, lower right inside image: "Js. Gillray invt"; lower center below image: "The Theatrical BUBBLE: __ being a new specimen of the astonishing | Powers of the great Politico-Punchinello, in the Art of Dramatic-Puffing__ | Publishd Jany &th 1805 by H Humphrey 27 St Jamess Street London __ Vide: New method of Raising ye Wind."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1976.1.143
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- actor | blowing | bottles | bubbles | caricature | coins | costume | dog (animal) | drapery | entertainment | feather | fire | hats | heads | historical subject | humor | men | money | obese | parody | performance | pipe | plays | politicians | politics | round | satire | shrunk | stage | statue | table | theater | till
- Associated Places:
- Covent Garden | England | Europe | Greater London | London | United Kingdom
- Associated People:
- Apollo
Kemble, John Philip (1757–1823),
Fox, Charles James (1749–1806), politician
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley (1751–1816), playwright and politician
Howard, Frederick, 5th Earl of Carlisle (1748–1825), politician and diplomat
Cooke, George Frederick (1756–1812), actor
Jordan, Dorothy (1761–1816), actress
William IV (1765–1837), king of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and king of Hanove
Garrick, David (1717–1779), actor and playwright
characters
Smith-Stanley, Edward (1752–1834), 12th Earl of Derby - Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:25386
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Romantics & Revolutionaries : Regency Portraits from the National Portrait Gallery (Yale Center for British Art, 2003-01-23 - 2003-03-30) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
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