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A stage manager (David Garrick), sits at a table and watches an actor perform a scene from a play. The title punningly compares the effusive performance to steam that issues from an urn on the table, next to tray with cups and a coffee or chocolate pot carried by a maid.
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Title: Manager & Spouter
Etcher:
Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757–1827 London)
Artist:
After Henry Wigstead (British, 1745?–1800 Margate)
Publisher:
S. W. Fores (London)
Subject:
David Garrick (British, Hereford 1717–1779 London)
Published in: London
Date: July 1, 1802
Medium: Hand-colored etching, stipple and aquatint
Dimensions: Sheet: 11 in. × 13 5/8 in. (27.9 × 34.6 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1956
Object Number: 56.567.20
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