Audience of Mother Celestina's Powders, engraving, by Comba y García (1883)

Audience ofMother Celestina's Powders, engraving, byComba y García (1883)
Audience ofMother Celestina's Powders, engraving, byComba y García (1883)

Title

Audience of Mother Celestina's Powders, engraving, by Comba y García (1883)

Creator

Comba y García, Juan (1852-1924)

Date

1883

Description

The image shows the afternoon session of Hartzenbusch's The Powders of Mother Celestina ("Los polvos de la madre Celestina"). Note that there are children and youth among the audience.

Engraving print The theaters and their public ("Los teatros y su público"), by Juan Comba y García, 1883. Extracted from the Spanish and American Illustration of January 8, 1883.

Incriptions: "MADRID: THE THEATERS AND THEIR AUDIENCE.- (NOTES FROM THE NATURAL, BY COMBA.) // REAL -- ZARZUELA -- APOLO. / SPANISH / An enthusiast of THE BIRTH OF THE MESSIAH" / VARIETIES -- COMEDY. // REAL: A "DILETANTE".- ZARZUELA: A BOLD JOKE.- APOLO: "WHICH SQUAD WILL THIS BE FROM?" / SPANISH: AFTERNOON PERFORMANCE: "THE POWDERS OF MOTHER CELESTINA." - FORCED SPECTATOR .- BEFORE THE POSTERS: "DECIDELY, / I'M GOING TO "THE MASCOT" .- VARIETIES: "TO THE NATIONAL PARTY" .- COMEDY: "A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING"" ("MADRID: LOS TEATROS Y SU PUBLICO .- (APUNTES DEL NATURAL, POR COMBA.) // REAL -- ZARZUELA -- APOLO. / ESPAÑOL / Una entusiasta de EL NACIMIENTO DE EL MESÍAS" / VARIEDADES -- COMEDIA. // REAL : UN "DILETANTE".- ZARZUELA : UN CHISTE ATREVIDO .- APOLO : "¿DE QUÉ ESCUADRON SERÁ ÉSTE?" / ESPAÑOL : FUNCION DE TARDE : "LOS POLVOS DE LA MADRE CELESTINA." - ESPECTADOR FORZOSO .- ANTE LOS CARTELES : "DECIDIDAMENTE, / VOY Á "LA MASCOTA" .- VARIEDADES : "A LA FIESTA NACIONAL" .- COMEDIA : "DE TODO UN POCO")

Format

Woodcut on paper.
Dimensions: 37.4 × 25.3 cm

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