Harlequin and Mother Goose, or, The golden egg [graphic].

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Title: Harlequin and Mother Goose, or, The golden egg [graphic].
Alternative Title: Golden egg
Contributor: Laurie & Whittle, publisher.
Published / Created: [25 March 1807]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Publish'd March 25, 1807, by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Abstract: A writing sheet illustrated with scenes from Thomas Dibdin’s pantomime, first performed at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, on Boxing Day 1806 and a few months before this sheet was issued. There were at least twelve different scenes in Dibdin’s work, from which nine were chosen to illustrate the borders of the sheet. Another illustration at the foot of the sheet shows a carriage and a wagon followed by soldiers on horseback on a bridge over a river
Description: Title etched at top of plate.
Watermark and countermark: J. Whatman 1805. Lower right corner torn.
Provenance: Pickering & Chatto; March 2020.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 45.0 x 36 cm, on sheet 47.8 x 39 cm
Language: English

Genre: Illustrations
Stationery
Decorated papers
Writing paper
Juvenilia
Pictorial lettersheets
Etchings England London 1807
Watermarks (Paper) J. Whatman 1805
Material: etching with engraving ; and laid paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Dibdin, Thomas, 1771-1841.
Subject (Topic): Harlequin (Fictitious character)
Mother Goose
Actors
Fairy tales
Fools & jesters
Pantomimes
Theatrical productions
Subjects: Dibdin, Thomas, 1771-1841 > Illustrations
Harlequin (Fictitious character)
Mother Goose
Actors
Fairy tales
Fools & jesters
Pantomimes
Theatrical productions
England > London > 1807
J. Whatman > 1805

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