The Wapping concert Madam Mary informs her friends and the public in general, that she has opened her winter concert at the Hog in Armour Wapping ... [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- The Wapping concert Madam Mary informs her friends and the public in general, that she has opened her winter concert at the Hog in Armour Wapping ... [graphic]
- Contributor
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Wigstead, Henry, attributed name.
Fores, S. W., publisher. - Published / Created
- [28 February 1786]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Publish'd Feby. 28th, 1786, by S.W. Fores, at the Caracature Warehouse, No. 3, Piccadilly
- Abstract
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A satire on Madame Mara: She sits in an armchair decorated with Masonic symbols which is in the center of a concert room, with a boarded floor and low platform along the back for the performers. She sings the lines "Oh, Oh, de roasta beef-a de charmante pudding O"; in her hands is an open music book titled "Oh the road beed of Old England, Fieldings popular song. The plebeian audience sit or stand along the right and left foreground. On the left a lady asks her neioghbor, "Did she sing this sogn at the Abbey?" He responds, "She never sung so well as the Abbey in her life." In the center foreground sits a dog who watches the vocalist. The wall is decorated with candle-sconces and a placard with the "Rules to be observed in this meeting" which jabs at the plebeian audience. One man performs on a salt-box, another with marrow-bone and cleaver while yet another puts a Jew's harp in his mouth; a fourth plays a bladder bridge. See British Museum catalogue for further discussion
- Description
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Title etched below image.
Seven lines of descriptive prose inscribed below title.
Possibly engraved by Henry Wigstead (d. 1793). See attribution in British Museum catalogue to Mr. Hawkins.
Watermark in center of sheet: J Whatman. - Provenance
- Walter Schatzki; February 1964;
- Extent
- 1 print : plate mark 30.2 x 34 cm, on sheet 31.8 x 39 cm
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 786.02.28.01+
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Caricatures and cartoons
Pictorial works
Satires (Visual works) England 1786
Watermarks (Paper) J. Whatman
Aquatints England London 1786
Etchings England London 1786 - Material
- etching and aquatint in sepia ink ; and laid paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Geographic)
- Wapping (London, England)
- Subject (Name)
- Mara, Gertrud Elisabeth, 1749-1833
- Subject (Topic)
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Social life and customs
Masons
Audiences
Concerts
Dogs
Etiquette
Harps
Musical instruments
Musicians - Subjects
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Mara, Gertrud Elisabeth, 1749-1833 > Caricatures and cartoons
Wapping (London, England) > Social life and customs > Pictorial works
Masons
Audiences
Concerts
Dogs
Etiquette
Harps
Musical instruments
Musicians
England > 1786
J. Whatman
England > London > 1786
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
- 7689088
- Object ID (OID)
- 10728070