The Prospect Before Us, Humanely Inscrib'd to all those Professors of Music and Dancing Whom the Cap May Fit
Describes the difficulties of the Italian dancers and musicians, occasioned by the demolition of the Drury Lane theater and subsequent construction of the Opera House in Haymarket, leading them to make a public appeal for charity. One of the figures carries a model of the new theater.
Artwork Details
- Title: The Prospect Before Us, Humanely Inscrib'd to all those Professors of Music and Dancing Whom the Cap May Fit
- Artist: Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757–1827 London)
- Publisher: S. W. Fores (London)
- Date: January 13, 1791
- Medium: Etching
- Dimensions: Plate: 13 7/8 × 20 1/4 in. (35.3 × 51.4 cm)
Sheet: 14 7/16 × 20 1/4 in. (36.7 × 51.4 cm) - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959
- Object Number: 59.533.420
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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