Sujet

Scene from "Serve Him Right", at the Lyceum Theatre, 1850. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Scene from "Serve Him Right", at the Lyceum Theatre, [London], 1850. 'The accompanying Illustration gives one of the most entertaining scenes in the drama of "Serve Him Right" - indeed, the climax of the absurdity. The boor who comes a-wooing the housekeeper is here exhibited, making his reappearance on the wall in order to recover his boots and hat, which he had lost in his previous adventure. These important articles of wearing apparel are being substituted by others, while the suspicious husband stands aside with the originals on the end of a stick. The whole situation is exceedingly amusing; and, indeed, when the previous circumstances are understood, calculated to excite uproarious mirth in the audience'. From "Illustrated London News", 1850.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM22A34_271

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

57,6Mo (4,1Mo) / 42,0cm x 34,4cm / 4960 x 4059 (300dpi)

Mots clés

female women woman people male man men hat footwear play playhouse entertainment guy theatre clothes British boot boots dress drama show Victorian century Britain comedy silly newspapers press clothing concept actors acting APPAREL B&W actor absurd engraved engraving actress 19th century Thespian black & white black and white B W nineteenth century The Print Collector farce Illustrated London News ILN newspaper Unknown 19th-century Carriage boot