<oai_dc:dc xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd"><dc:title>Mr. Rock as the Irishman in Rosina</dc:title><dc:date>[1 January 1787]</dc:date><dc:language>eng</dc:language><dc:description>From the comic opera Rosina by Mrs. Brooke, a tousled countryman with his garters coming down, stands facing the viewer with a club in one hand and his hat in the other.  Rosina was first performed at Covent Garden 13 December 1782 with music by W. Shield</dc:description><dc:description>Title etched below image.</dc:description><dc:description>Sheet trimmed within plate mark.</dc:description><dc:description>"Gentleman's designs exectued gratis"--Lower left corner of image.</dc:description><dc:description>Text following title: "... and I slipt this bit of a switch out of the hedge, vide Rosina Act 2nd."</dc:description></oai_dc:dc>