A smile to a tear. Sung with unbounded applause, by Mr Braham, in the New Opera, call'd 'False Alarms, or My Cousin; Theatre Royal Drury Lane / [graphic]

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Title
A smile to a tear. Sung with unbounded applause, by Mr Braham, in the New Opera, call'd 'False Alarms, or My Cousin; Theatre Royal Drury Lane / [graphic]
Contributor
Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, artist.
Laurie & Whittle, publisher.
Published / Created
[2 March 1807]
Publication Place
London
Publisher
Publish'd March 2, 1807 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Abstract

An engraving above a song: A pretty young woman (Mrs. Bland) sits with her elbow resting on a square piano, facing a man wearing a cocked hat (Braham), who bends towards her, smiling, hands on hips. She weeps: on the piano is a song: 'False Alarms Smile & Tear . . . Laurie & Whittle'. The piano is by 'Broderip'.

Description
Title from text engraved below image.
"False Alarms, or My Cousin' was a comic opera by Kenney first performed at Drury Lane, 12 Jan. 1807. Braham played Edgar Gayland in love with Emily, played by Mrs. Bland." See British Museum catalogue.
From the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls.
Eighteen lines of verse in lower portion of print: Said a smile to a tear, on the cheek of my dear ...
Plate numbered '458' in the lower left corner.
Provenance
Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. xii.
Extent
1 print : plate mark 27.5 x 22.6 cm, on sheet 29 x 24 cm
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number
807.03.02.01

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Poems
Satires (Visual works) England 1807
Etchings England London 1807
Engravings England London 1807
Material
etching and engraving with stipple ; and wove paper.
Resource Type
still image
Subject (Name)
Bland, Mrs. 1770-1838, (Maria Theresa Catherine),
Braham, John, 1774-1856,
Braham, John, 1774-1856.
Subjects
Bland, Mrs. (Maria Theresa Catherine), 1770-1838
Braham, John, 1774-1856
England > 1807
England > London > 1807

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Identifiers

Orbis Record
8626960
Object ID (OID)
15813988

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