Prints: P1258

Title

Mrs Liston as Dollalolla

Subject

Liston, Sarah (Mrs)

Artist

Cruikshank, George

Date

1817

Dimensions

height: 20.6cm
width: 12.3cm

Other materials

Hand coloured etching

Inscription/signature

" Mrs Liston as Dollalolla. / "I'll spit, I'll squall,/ And tear the eyes out of you all"/ TOM THUMB/ Drawn and Etched expressly for the British Stage June 1817"

Provenance

Formerly in the collection of Professor Jim Davis, acquired by the Garrick Club in 2024

Other number

E0162

This caricature depicts the actress, singer Sarah Liston. She is depicted as Dollalolla in the play 'Tom Thumb', by Henry Fielding. She is depicted full length, looking to her left, her face flushed with anger. Her right arm is held up and clenched in a fist, the left arm, also in a fist is outstretched. She is wearing a hair ornament made of many colourful and large feathers. Around her shoulders is a long red robe trimmed with yellow, and she wears a white empire line dress, also trimmed with yellow.