Melpomene in the Dumps, or Child's Play Defended by Theatrical Monarchs
Object type: Print
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: John Philip Kemble|Rudolph Ackermann, London|Sarah Siddons|Thomas Rowlandson|D. N. Shury
Artist bio: British, Prescot, Lancashire 1757–1823 Lausanne|British, active 1794–1829|British, Brecon, Wales 1755–1831 London|British, London 1757–1827 London|London
Artist role: Subject|Publisher|Subject|Artist|Printer
Artist nationality: British|British|British, Welsh|British|British
Date: 1804
Medium: Hand-colored etching and letterpress
Dimensions: Sheet (trimmed): 16 7/8 × 9 1/8 in. (42.9 × 23.2 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959
Accession year: 1959
Tags: Men|Women|Actresses|Satire