Two women stand on a balcony, mouths open in song and eyes cast downward at their music sheet. They wear corsetted dresses and feathered head wear. A satire of the duet performed by Harriet Abrams (1758-1821), the English soprano and composer, and her...
"The Duchess of Devonshire with two other catch-singers, Fox and North, who are dressed as fat old market-women. The Duchess (left) elegantly dressed, but with her breast uncovered and wearing her election hat with 'Fox' favours, feathers, and fox's b...
Alternative Title:
For the benifit of the champion and For the benefit of the champion
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. and sold by Wm. Humphrey
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, 1757-1806, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Wray, Cecil, Sir, 1734-1805., and Great Britain. Parliament
Subject (Topic):
Elections, 1784, Crutches, Politics and government, Singers, and Tombs & sepulchral monuments
"The Duchess of Devonshire with two other catch-singers, Fox and North, who are dressed as fat old market-women. The Duchess (left) elegantly dressed, but with her breast uncovered and wearing her election hat with 'Fox' favours, feathers, and fox's b...
Alternative Title:
For the benifit of the champion and For the benefit of the champion
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. and sold by Wm. Humphrey
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, 1757-1806, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Wray, Cecil, Sir, 1734-1805., and Great Britain. Parliament
Subject (Topic):
Elections, 1784, Crutches, Politics and government, Singers, and Tombs & sepulchral monuments
"Portrait of the singer, performing at Vauxhall; holding sheet music, resting on ballustrade in front of him; an orchestra in background; in oval with ornaments at top."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Mr. Darley as performing in the orchestra at Vauxhall
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Darley, William, approximately 1756-1809, and Vauxhall Gardens (London, England)
Plate 60. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works. Leaf 48. Album of William Hogarth prints.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
First etched as a subscription ticket for "A Midnight Modern Conversation" with seventeen men and boys rehearsing William Huggins's oratorio "Judith". Several of the singers hold sheet music with the notes and lyrics legible. In this state the plate h...
Plate 60. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works. Leaf 48. Album of William Hogarth prints.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
First etched as a subscription ticket for "A Midnight Modern Conversation" with seventeen men and boys rehearsing William Huggins's oratorio "Judith". Several of the singers hold sheet music with the notes and lyrics legible. In this state the plate h...
A young woman stands in a city street singing, a scroll with music in her one hand; beside her is a young girl who plays a triangle. The two performers are surrounded by a happy looking crowd of working class and poor citizens -- men, women and child...
Description:
Title devised by cataloger.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs, by Ed. Jones
Subject (Topic):
Ballads, Children, Cries, Singers, Street entertainers, and Percussion instruments
Circa 300 photographs compiled by Dora Bacote, circa 1923-1960. Images document Bacote’s family and friends living in New York City and New Jersey. Also includes circa 50 photographs of African American entertainers who performed at the Cotton Club in...
Description:
Dora Bacote (1905-) was an African American singer who performed at the Cotton Club in the 1930s. Bacote is listed as a cast member in the 1934 Broadway play "Africana".
Subject (Geographic):
New York (State), New York, New Jersey, United States, and New York (N.Y.)
Subject (Name):
Alvis, Hayes, 1907-1972, Anderson, Ivie, Andrews, Avis, Bacote, Dora, 1905-, Banks, Billy, -1967, Beane, Reginald, Calloway, Cab, 1907-1994, Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974, Horne, Lena, Kahloah, McDaniel, Floyd, Sissle, Noble, 1889-1975, Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964., Washington, George Dewey, Waters, Ethel, 1896-1977, Whitman, Ernest, Cotton Club., Mills Blue Rhythm Band, and Nicholas Brothers
Subject (Topic):
African American entertainers, African American musicians, African American singers, African American women, African Americans, Entertainers, Musicians, and Singers
