Henry Augustus Mug, a witty cockney sung with unbounded applause by Mr. Liston in the new play called The Africans, or, War, love, and duty written by George Colman, the Younger. [graphic]

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Title
Henry Augustus Mug, a witty cockney sung with unbounded applause by Mr. Liston in the new play called The Africans, or, War, love, and duty written by George Colman, the Younger. [graphic]
Contributor
Laurie & Whittle, publisher.
Published / Created
[1 September 1808]
Publication Place
London
Publisher
Publish'd Septr. 1, 1808, by Laurie and Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Abstract

"A young man stands singing on the boards of a theatre; trees form a background. 'Mr Mug', enslaved in Africa by 'a trading blackamoor', became 'his black Mandingo Majesty's white Minister of State'."--British Museum online catalogue

Description
Title from text printed in letterpress below image.
Three columns of verse in letterpress below title: By trade I am a Turner, and Mug it is my name; to buy a lot of ivory to Africa I came ...
Plate numbered in upper left corner: 495.
Provenance
Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. xiii.
Extent
1 print : plate mark 18.4 x 21.6 cm, on sheet 29 x 23 cm
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number
808.09.01.02

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Satires (Visual works) England 1808
Etchings England London 1808
Material
etching with stipple ; and wove paper.
Resource Type
still image
Subject (Topic)
Songs
Subjects
Songs
England > 1808
England > London > 1808

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Identifiers

Orbis Record
9147553
Object ID (OID)
10964478

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