<oai_dc:dc xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd"><dc:title>New drop scene, or, A managerial puff!! - Cunning Isaac! [graphic].</dc:title><dc:date>[approximately 1810?]</dc:date><dc:language>eng</dc:language><dc:description>A man stands in a room holding a caduceus decorated comic mask, saying ''When I do stare, see how the subjects quacke'." He is surrounded with bills and a bag of coins on the table, both suggesting corruption. At sign hanging from the table reads "Alexandrian Memorial, A loss is no benefit. No committee."  Below on the floor, another discarded scroll reads "Rejected with prejudice." At his foot is an animal (a fox?) holding a sign "Designs [ca]refully copied, civilly returned, and he carries in his hand a piece of paper "I perceive the trick &amp; will avoid the cheat. Na-th." Behind him hangs a sign, "The exact-u-trick is safe or 22d Sept."  On the wall is a picture of the facade of a theater. Probably a satire on an unidentified theater manager</dc:description><dc:description>Title from text above and below image.</dc:description><dc:description>Approximate date of publication suggested in dealer's description.</dc:description><dc:description>Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum.</dc:description></oai_dc:dc>