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| Picture No | 10008294 |
| Date | 1802 |
| Description | Cartoon, Dilettanti Theatricals |
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Contemporary society. Cartoon, Dilettanti Theatricals, or, a Peep at the Green Room, Vide Pic-Nic Orgies, by James Gillray. Showing the dressing room of a theatre in Tottenham Street, London, home of an amateur dramatic club called the Pic-Nic Society, whose aristocratic members were frequently ridiculed in the press, and accused of immorality. They are shown here preparing and rehearsing for a performance. Those present include the Prince of Wales and Mrs Fitzherbert.
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| Source | Cartoon by James Gillray |
| Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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