Title from item., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Engraved broadside with an etching at top and two columns of verse below., The verse begins: Since moderation is so much in vogue ..., and Unidentified contemporary signature in upper left corner on verso.
A broadside with seven verses in letterpress below an engraving, representing three Red Indian Chiefs in their national costumes -- "The Stalking Turkey", "The Pouting Pidgeon", "The Man killer". This satire written on the occasion of the arrival in London of three chiefs of the Cherokee Nation, on an embassy to the Court of George III, and the impression these envoys produced on the English
Description:
Caption title., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Bowditch's annotations on mounting sheet., Annotated in an unknown hand below verse., and Mounted to 56 x 37 cm; some damage to edges and lower corners.
Publisher:
Sold by the author, opposite the Union Coffee-House, in the Strand, near Temple-Bar, and by all the print and pamphlet seller[s]
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., Part of a collection of 10 trade cards and tickets housed together in a box., and With contemporary annotation "Pictures April 17 & 18" completing the blank space, in brown ink.
Drop-head title., An account of the foundation meeting of the Hull Armed Association, set up by the 'Merchants, Ship-Owners, and other Inhabitants' in February 1798 to 'assist the Magistrates in support of Civil Society, and for the Defence of the Town, in case the Military should be ordered away, to oppose the landing or resist the progess of the Enemy'., Not in English short title catalogue., and Dated "1798" in ink at head of title. For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain. and Hull (England)
Subject (Topic):
Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815, Proposed invasion of England, 1793-1805, Civil defense, and Militia
Not acted here these ten years. For the benefit of Mrs. Bishop (being the last but one)
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Caption title., A playbill., From a bound collection of playbills: [Collection of playbills assembled by Tate Wilkinson]. [England], [between 1748 and 1778]., and Dated in ms.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Congreve, William, 1670-1729. and Foote, Samuel, 1720-1777.
By the Bath Company of Comedians and This present Friday, being the 24th of July, will be presented the historical tragedy of King Richard
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Caption title., A playbill., From a bound collection of playbills: [Collection of playbills assembled by Tate Wilkinson]. [England], [between 1748 and 1778]., and Dated in ms.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. and Carey, Henry, 1687?-1743.
By desire and This present Thursday, being the 30th of July, will be presented a comedy ...
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Caption title., A playbill., From a bound collection of playbills: [Collection of playbills assembled by Tate Wilkinson]. [England], [between 1748 and 1778]., and Dated in mss.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Cibber, Colley, 1671-1757. and Townley, James, 1714-1778.
(Never acted here) by the Bath Company of Comedians and This present Tuesday, being the 28th of July, will be presented a comedy ...
Description:
Caption title., A playbill., From a bound collection of playbills: [Collection of playbills assembled by Tate Wilkinson]. [England], [between 1748 and 1778]., and Dated in ms.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Fletcher, John, 1579-1625. and Foote, Samuel, 1720-1777.
Caption title., A playbill., From a bound collection of playbills: [Collection of playbills assembled by Tate Wilkinson]. [England], [between 1748 and 1778]., and Dated in ms.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Jones, Henry, 1721-1770. and Townley, James, 1714-1778.
This present Tuesday November 2, will be presented a tragedy ...
Description:
Caption title., A playbill., From a bound collection of playbills: [Collection of playbills assembled by Tate Wilkinson]. [England], [between 1748 and 1778]., and Dated in ms.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Lee, Nathaniel, 1653?-1692. and Foote, Samuel, 1720-1777.