Kean, Edmund, 1787-1833

Date: 1816

From: Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878 :Caricatures and cartoons, 1811-1816

By: Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878

Reference: B-021-007

Description: Five vignettes reflecting contemporary events in Britain. Top left is `Mr Wright doing wrong' showing a man abandoning a woman and three children to go off with another woman and 2 children. Bottom left, is `Biscuit and gingerbread or the rival bakers' a scene in Shire Lane, possibly about rival newspaper publishers. The central view is a theatrical scene, `A Kean manoeuvre to pay old debts of Drury is it's self again' a reference to actor Edmund Kean and the Drury Lane Theatre; top right is partially titled `The gouty Adonis' and possibly refers to the Prince Regent at the Brighton Pavilion with Mr Punch. Bottom right is Parson B & the Butchers or a probationary sermon at Christ Church, Newgate Street, with a man urging his congregation to rise up, kill and eat. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Etching, hand-coloured, 216 x 505 mm