Pidgeon hole : A Covent Garden contrivance to coop up the gods

Pidgeon hole

Item Information

Title:
Pidgeon hole : A Covent Garden contrivance to coop up the gods
Title (alt.):
Pigeon hole
Description:
The miseries consequent on heat and crowding in a restricted space, as displayed in the Pigeon Hole Galleries of John Kemble's newly-constructed Drury Lane Theatre, gave rise to the present caricature. General dissatisfaction was expressed by all but the privileged subscribers ; the lessee's treatment of the humble supporters of the drama, the frequenters of the gallery, gave special offence ; and the illiberality of the management which provided such disgraceful accommodation for its patrons was resented by the unruly proceedings known as the O. P. Riots, which marked the public sense of the transaction.
Artist:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827
Name on Item:
Rowlandson Del
Date:
February 20, 1811
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Etchings
Caricatures
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827). Prints and Drawings
Series:
The Caricature Magazine or Hudibrastic Mirror Vol. 5
Subjects:
Theaters
Theater audiences
Overcrowding
Places:
England > London > Covent Garden
Extent:
1 print : hand-colored etching ; sheet 26 x 39 cm
Permalink:
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Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Publisher:
No. 111 Cheapside : Tho's Tegg
Language:
English
Notes:
Title from item.
Alternative title from catalogue raisonné.
Grego, II, p. 115, 200-1
On item: Tegg's Caricatures. No. 57
Notes (acquisition):
The Albert H. Wiggin Collection, 1941
Notes (date):
Date from catalogue raisonné.
Notes (citation):
Grego, Joseph. "Rowlandson the caricaturist; a selection from his works with anecdotal descriptions of his famous caricatures, in two volumes." London: Chatto and Windus, 1880
Notes (object):
Bound in "The Caricature Magazine or Hudibrastic Mirror Vol. 5," the fifth volume in a set of five published under this title by Thomas Tegg. The five volumes contained 251 prints in all.
Identifier:
18_03_000568
Barcode:
36666003261001