The jovial crew, or, Merry beggars [graphic] : a comic opera as performed at Brighton by the Carleton Company / designed by Black Charles ; executed by Humbug.

Published/Created:

[London]
Published for the proprietor, as the act directs, by E. Macklew, opposite the Opera House, Haymarket
Augt. 23d, 1786

Physical Description:

1 print on laid paper : etching & drypoint ; sheet 25 x 34 cm.

Related Links:

Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires / Mary Dorothy George, v. 6, no. 6980

Notes:

Printmaker suggested by George.
Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Temporary local subject terms: Song -- Debts -- Fiddle -- Jesuit -- Captain Morris.
Alfred Bowditch Collection ; Dec. 1966 ; Acquisitions no.: 966-12-5-7.
Watermark in center of sheet.
Mounted on 34 x 48 cm.
Pencilled on recto mount is a names of the subjects depicted in the print as well as a quote: In July 1786 the Prince of Wales was financially embarrassed & applied in vain to his father for aid. He then decided to break up his establishment, set apart a portion of his allowance for his debts & live on the remainder as a private gentleman. Cf. Russell's Memorials of Fox, v. ii, p. 285.

Variant Titles:

Merry beggars

Associated Names:

Dent, W., fl. 1783-1793 [Printmaker]
Macklew, Edward [printseller]

Topics:

Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797
Fitzherbert, Maria Anne, 1756-1837
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830
Hanger, George, 1751?-1824
North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
Weltje, Louis, 1745-18

Language:

English

Genre:

Etchings -- England -- London -- 1784
Satires (Visual works) -- England -- 1784

Format:

Image

Content Type:

Prints & Photographs

Rights:

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Call Number:

786.08.23.01+

Orbis Record:

7771306

Yale Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Digital Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Local Record Number:

lwlpr06042

Volume/Enumeration:

Digital version

OID:

10728174

PID:

digcoll:550846