T'was at the royal feast [graphic]

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Title: T'was at the royal feast [graphic]
Contributor: Aitken, James, active 1788-1802, publisher.
Published / Created: [23 November 1796]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pub. Nov. 23, 1796, by J. Aiken, Castle Str., Leicester Fields
Description: Title from item.
Della Crusca was the pseudonym used by poet Robert Merry. Merry is not known to have produced graphic works. He appears to be the subject of this caricature.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Temporary local subject terms: Male costume: coat -- Literature: Quotation from John Dryden's Alexander's Feast.
Mounted to 29 x 38 cm.
Provenance: Sanders; June 1961;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 20.3 x 16.2 cm, on sheet 23 x 18 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1796
Engravings England London 1796
Etchings England London 1796
Material: etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Merry, Robert, 1755-1798
Subjects: Merry, Robert, 1755-1798 > Caricatures and cartoons
England > 1796
England > London > 1796

Access: Public
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