The breakfast scene with Jerry Diddler and the Cockney, in Mr. Kenney's popular farce of raising the wind [graphic].

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Title: The breakfast scene with Jerry Diddler and the Cockney, in Mr. Kenney's popular farce of raising the wind [graphic].
Contributor: Laurie & Whittle, publisher.
Published / Created: [1 July 1805]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Published July 1, 1805 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Abstract: "Heading to an engraved song: 'Sung by Mr Wm Hatton of the Theatre Royal Haymarket, on his Benefit Night at Worcester.' A well-dressed man sits beside a breakfast-table, listening to another who stands opposite him. A liveried footman stands behind his chair, a loutish waiter (Sam, the Yorkshire waiter, played by Emery) stands opposite. On the wall are framed prints or pictures: a boxing-match, a jockey standing by a horse, a rustic alehouse, a seaside tower."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title engraved above image.
Plate numbered '396' in the lower left corner.
From the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls.
One line of descriptive text below design: Sung by Mr. Wm. Hatton, of the Theatre Royal Haymarket, on his benefit night at Worcester.
Six numbered stanzas of verse arranged in three columns above imprint: Had you not been here, all good friends that I see, this farce would be no entertainment to me ...
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. xi.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 19.8 x 24.7 cm, on sheet 23 x 29 cm
Language: English

Access: Public
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