A dandy fainting or An Exquisite in Fits. Scene, a Private Box Opera
Robert Cruikshank, English, 1789 - 1856
1835
Etching on paper
Plate: 10 × 13 3/4 in. (25.4 × 34.9 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Elizabeth M. Sherrard
PR.953.70.29
Geography
Place Made: England, United Kingdom, Europe
Period
19th century
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Signed, in plate, lower left: I R Cruikshank Env & Fecit; inscribed, in plate, bottom center: Pubd. by Tho. Mc. Lean. 26 Haymarket. Aug.1st.1835.; inscribed, in plate, bottom margin: A Dandy fainting or- An Exquisite in fits. Scene a Private Box / Opera-.
Course History
WGST 65, Queer Visual Culture, Gabriele Dietze, Winter 2014
WGSS 10.01, Sex, Gender, and Society, Douglas Moody, Fall 2019
WGSS 10.02, Sex, Gender, and Society, Kristen O'Rourke, Fall 2019
WGSS 10.03, Sex, Gender, and Society, Jenn Sargent, Fall 2019
WGSS 10.04, Sex, Gender, and Society, Susan Brison, Fall 2019
Publication History
Sam Abel, Opera in the Flesh: Sexuality in Operatic Performances, Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1996
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