Sujet

Scene from "The Merry Wives of Windsor; or, Harlequin and Sir John Falstaff, 1850. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Scene from "The Merry Wives of Windsor; or, Harlequin and Sir John Falstaff, [Surrey Theatre, London], 1850. '...the never-to-be forgotten incident of the buck-basket, in Datchet Mead...The Christmas pantomime is, in fact, "Shakspeare Burlesqued"; and, as characterising the management of the theatre generally, it may, perhaps, he permitted to pass without censure. Windsor-Park and environs furnish the subjects of the scene, and the story of the drama is literally followed, up to the commencement of the transformation. Falstaff, Ford, and Page, with their wives, &c., being reproduced in exaggerated semblances. Sorry work; but to this profanation great poets are subjected by the irreverent and the selfish. All the appointments are of a costly description. The gorgeous pavilion of butterflies and the National Exhibition of 1851 are both attractive scenes'. From "Illustrated London News", 1850.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM22A33_233

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

56,5Mo (4,2Mo) / 42,0cm x 33,7cm / 4960 x 3978 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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