Title: Melpomene in the Dumps, or Child's Play Defended by Theatrical Monarchs
Object type: Print
Date: 1804
Artist:  Thomas Rowlandson 
Artist bio: British, London 1757–1827 London
Artist nationality: British
Artist role: Artist
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
Department: Drawings and Prints
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Satire, term: Men, term: Women, term: Actresses