Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Heath, William, 1795-1840
Title:
Studies from the stage, or The vicissitudes of life
Alternate Title(s):
Studies from the stage
Published / Created:
London : Pubd. by W. Sams, 1, St. James's Street, [1823]
Physical Description:
[23] leaves : chiefly ill. ; 25 x 34 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
PN2111 .H43 1823+ Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Date of publication from plates.

Etchings by and after William Heath.

Plates 4, 10, 11, 14 and 18 signed: "Drawn & etched by W. Heath"; imprint: "Published by W. Sams Royal Library 1 St. James's St"; dated variously from May through July 1823.

Engraved throughout; with from five to seven images on each plate, each with a caption.

Abbey, J.R. Life in England in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 415

BAC: British Art Center copy is the Abbey copy. Bound in quarter dark green roan and publisher's original illustrated boards. Publisher's advertisements on back cover.
Subject Terms:
Caricatures and cartoons -- Great Britain. | English wit and humor, Pictorial. | Satire, English. | Theater -- England -- Pictorial works. | Sams, W. -- Publisher
Form/Genre:
Etchings -- Hand-colored -- 1823. | Publishers' advertisements.