Melpomene in the Dumps, or Child's Play Defended by Theatrical Monarchs
Object type: Print
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: Sarah Siddons|Thomas Rowlandson|D. N. Shury|John Philip Kemble|Rudolph Ackermann, London
Artist bio: British, Brecon, Wales 1755–1831 London|British, London 1757–1827 London|London|British, Prescot, Lancashire 1757–1823 Lausanne|British, active 1794–1829
Artist role: Subject|Artist|Printer|Subject|Publisher
Artist nationality: British, Welsh|British|British|British|British
Date: 1804
Medium: Hand-colored etching
Dimensions: Sheet: 17 5/8 × 9 1/2 in. (44.7 × 24.2 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959
Accession year: 1959
Tags: Men|Women|Satire|Actresses