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THOMAS ROWLANDSON (1757-1827)

Theatrical Leap Frog.

30 Nov 1804

RCIN 810599

The thirteen-year-old actor William Betty first appeared on the London stage to great acclaim in late 1804. Betty’s popularity challenged John Kemble, the actor who had previously been the darling of the London theatre. Rowlandson shows Betty vaulting over Kemble, who bemoans his fate with a version of Ophelia’s words from Hamlet. Purchased by George IV when Prince of Wales, 1804 Cat. 59
  • Bibliographic reference(s)

    BM Satires 10317 (BM Satires : Catalogue of political and personal satires preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum ... 11 v. in 12.)


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