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Prints: P0974
Title
The Chaunting Orator (Charles Dibdin)
Technique
Etching
Subject
Date
c.1790
Dimensions
height: 19.5cm
width: 12.5cm
width: 12.5cm
Inscription/signature
The Chaunting Orator
Provenance
Purchased from Motley Books, June 2021.
Etching of Charles Dibdin (1745-1818) as 'The Chaunting Orator'. Dibdin is shown full length holding in a script in one hand labelled "Wags / Oddities". A piano and candelabra to the left.
Dibdin was a composer and actor, known for one-man musical performances. He gave his "Oddities" at the Lyceum Theatre in London for 109 nights in 1790.
The artist and engraver are unknown. A copy is also found at the British Museum.
Dibdin was a composer and actor, known for one-man musical performances. He gave his "Oddities" at the Lyceum Theatre in London for 109 nights in 1790.
The artist and engraver are unknown. A copy is also found at the British Museum.
