Universal business a poem with cutts. Part II / [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- Universal business a poem with cutts. Part II / [graphic]
- Creator
- Bickham, George, 1684?-1758?, printmaker
- Contributor
- Gay, John, 1685-1732.
- Published / Created
- publish'd according to act of Parliamt. May 10th 1746.
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- publisher not identified
- Abstract
-
A mock playing card folded lengthwise in center to create four 'pages.' The title, quotation from The Beggar's opera and imprint create the first external page; opposite is an ace of clubs creating the fourth, also external page when the sheet is folded. On the second 'page' inside is an image, opposite sixteen lines of verse on the third 'page.' The image shows three ladies gathered around a table in an elegant room with a view through a large window on another townhouse across the street. The lady seated on the left hands an ace of clubs to a dwarfish man, probably a servant. The two ladies on the right appear to examine cards on the table, the top of which is hidden from view. One of them holds up another ace of clubs. The verse begins as follows: Lady D--t & her daughters were all gone from home, when the card was deliver'd from dear Lady Drum ...
- Description
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Title from item.
Published by George Bickham the younger (1704-1771)?
Two lines of quotation below title: With how d'ye do, and how d'ye do, and how d'ye do again. Beg. Op. [i.e., Beggar's Opera].
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Temporary local subject terms: Mock playing cards -- Literature: quotation from The Beggar's opera by John Gay, 1685-1732. - Provenance
- Gift of R.W. Ketton-Cremer; May 1957;
- Extent
- 1 print : sheet 7 x 21 cm, folded to 7 x 11 cm
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 746.05.10.01
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Satires (Visual works) England 1746
Engravings England London 1746
Etchings England London 1746
Playing cards England London 1746 - Material
- etching & engraving ; and laid paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subjects
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England > 1746
England > London > 1746
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 8702322
- Object ID (OID)
- 10714568