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In this satirical image the comic actor Liston experiences a troubling vision of Venus who promises to make him as handsome as Adonis. He protests that his success depends partly on less than perfect features as Mrs. Liston sleeps next to him, blissfully unaware of the visitation.
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Title: Liston's Dream!
Artist:
Isaac Robert Cruikshank (British, London 1789–1856 London)
Publisher:
George Humphrey (British, 1773?–1831?)
Author:
Related author William Shakespeare (British, Stratford-upon-Avon 1564–1616 Stratford-upon-Avon)
Subject:
John Liston (British, 1776–1846)
Subject:
Anne Tyrer Liston (British, ca. 1780–1854)
Published in: London
Date: July 1825
Medium: Etching, hand-colored
Dimensions: Sheet: 10 3/16 × 14 3/16 in. (25.8 × 36.1 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
Accession Number: 17.3.888-112
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