Title etched below image., Print made collaboratively by Isaac and George Cruikshank, with the latter responsible for the tiny figures in the spectacles. See British Museum catalogue., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Publisher:
Pubd. by T. Tegg, 111 Cheapside
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
CoventGardenTheatre,
Subject (Topic):
Theaters, Eyeglasses, Theater audiences, Actors, and Theatrical productions
Title from text above image., Description based on impression in the London Metropolitan Archives, cat. no.: p5422585., Text below image: Presented to the subscribers of The town, April 15th 1841., and The Lewis Walpole Library impression: Sheet trimmed with partial loss of title and complete loss of imprint, printer's statement, and text below image.
Publisher:
Nicholson, 310 Strand and W. Clerk, lith., 208 High Holborn
Title from item., Printmaker identified from original drawing in the Huntington Library., From the series of Drolls?, Twenty-eight stanzas of verse in three columns below title: There liv'd, as fame reports, in days of yore, ..., Numbered '42' in lower right of plate., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Dandies -- Frenchmen -- Watchmen -- Lighting: watchman's lantern -- Watchman's booth -- Pranks.
Publisher:
Published 22nd Decr. 1795 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Leaf 29. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
of the entrance to CoventGardenTheatre
Description:
Title etched below image., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Plate numbered "2" in upper right corner., Temporary local subject terms: Buildings -- 'Cits' -- Wigs: type worn by 'cits' -- Weapons: broken sword -- Fences: iron fence -- Arms: royal arms., First of two plates on leaf 29., and 1 print : etching with engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 24.7 x 17.5 cm, on sheet 27.5 x 44.4 cm.
Publisher:
Pub. by MDarly, Strand, Feby. 24th, 1772, accorg. to act
Leaf 29. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
of the entrance to CoventGardenTheatre
Description:
Title etched below image., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Plate numbered "2" in upper right corner., Temporary local subject terms: Buildings -- 'Cits' -- Wigs: type worn by 'cits' -- Weapons: broken sword -- Fences: iron fence -- Arms: royal arms., and Watermark: Strasburg lily.
Publisher:
Pub. by MDarly, Strand, Feby. 24th, 1772, accorg. to act
two months at the new Theatre Royal, Covent-Garden, by His Majesty’s Servants, the players, and his
Image Count:
1
Description:
First of 7 works bound together. and Frontispiece portrait of John Philip Kemble from a painting by [Robert?] Stewart.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain --Politics and government --1800-1837 --Humor and London (England) --Theaters
Subject (Name):
CoventGardenTheatre
Subject (Topic):
Old Price Riots, London, England, 1809, Performing arts --Ticket prices --England --London --History --19th century, Political satire, English, and Theater --England --London --Humor
Collection Created:
London : Printed for Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe; Taylor and Hessey; Sharpe and Hailes; and J. Booker, 1809
A collection of seven copper theater passes or tickets for London theatres dating between 1762 and approximately 1820, all blank on the obverse sides except for the token for the Box Prince's Side (BPS 1796) which is decorated with a chain of small linked circles around the perimeter. The 1788 token for a box at Covent Garden is the only token with a hole in the center
Description:
Title devised by cataloger. and For further information, consult library staff.