Punch's opera with the humours of LIttle Ben the Sailor [graphic].

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Title: Punch's opera with the humours of LIttle Ben the Sailor [graphic].
Contributor: Darly, Matthias, approximately 1720-approximately 1778, publisher.
Edwards, George, 1694-1773, publisher.
Published / Created: [15 October1756]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Publish'd according to act Oct. 15, 1756, by Edwards & Darly at [the] Acorn, facing Hungerford, Strand
Description: Title from caption etched above image.
Plate numbered '37' in upper right corner.
Four lines of text below image: These figures gem'men & ladaes [sic] are the richest & largest in Europe ...
Plate from: A political and satyrical history of the years 1756 and 1757. In a series of ... prints. London: Printed for E. Morris, [1757].
Temporary local subject terms: Mr. Punch -- Punch's wife, Joan -- Literature: reference to Bardolph in Shakespeare's Henry IV.
Mounted to 16 x 26 cm.
Provenance: Alfred Bowditch Collection ; Dec. 1966 ;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 7.8 x 11.1 cm, on sheet 10 x 14 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1756
Etchings England London 1756
Book illustrations
Material: etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768
Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774
Holderness, Robert D'Arcy, Earl of, 1718-1778
Hardwicke, Philip Yorke, Earl of, 1690-1764
Lyttelton, George Lyttelton, Baron, 1709-1773
Anson, George Anson, Baron, 1697-1762
Subjects: Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768 > Caricatures and cartoons
Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774 > Caricatures and cartoons
Holderness, Robert D'Arcy, Earl of, 1718-1778 > Caricatures and cartoons
Hardwicke, Philip Yorke, Earl of, 1690-1764 > Caricatures and cartoons
Lyttelton, George Lyttelton, Baron, 1709-1773 > Caricatures and cartoons
Anson, George Anson, Baron, 1697-1762 > Caricatures and cartoons
England > 1756
England > London > 1756

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