The jovial crew, or, Merry beggars a comic opera as performed at Brighton by the Carleton Company / [graphic]

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Title: The jovial crew, or, Merry beggars a comic opera as performed at Brighton by the Carleton Company / [graphic]
Alternative Title: Merry beggars
Creator: Dent, William, active 1783-1793, printmaker
Contributor: Macklew, Edward, publisher.
Published / Created: Augt. 23d, 1786.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Published for the proprietor, as the act directs, by E. Macklew, opposite the Opera House, Haymarket
Description: Title from item.
Printmaker tentatively identified in British Museum catalogue.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Temporary local subject terms: Song -- Debts -- Fiddle -- Jesuit -- Captain Morris.
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.
Provenance: Alfred Bowditch Collection ; Dec. 1966 ;
Extent: 1 print : sheet 25 x 34 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1784
Etchings England London 1784
Material: etching & drypoint ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830
Fitzherbert, Maria Anne, 1756-1837
Hanger, George, 1751?-1824
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
Weltje, Louis, 1745-1810
Subjects: George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830 > Caricatures and cartoons
Fitzherbert, Maria Anne, 1756-1837 > Caricatures and cartoons
Hanger, George, 1751?-1824 > Caricatures and cartoons
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816 > Caricatures and cartoons
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797 > Caricatures and cartoons
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792 > Caricatures and cartoons
Weltje, Louis, 1745-1810 > Caricatures and cartoons
England > 1784
England > London > 1784

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