"Satire on John Rich and his new theatre in Covent Garden with a procession moving from left to right across the east end of the market square and entering the colonnade leading to the theatre. John Gay is carried on a porter's back preceded by a crow...
Alternative Title:
His triumphant entry into Covent-Garden
Description:
Title etched above image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Covent Garden (London, England)
Subject (Name):
St. Paul's Church (Covent Garden, London, England),, Gay, John, 1685-1732,, Hall, John, active 1734,, Quin, James, 1693-1766,, Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744,, Rich, John, 1692-1761,, Ryan, Lacy, 1694?-1760,, and Walker, Thomas, 1698-1744,
May 3, 1935: William Saroyan. May 9, 1935: Leopold Godowsky, Alice Albee Guinzburg, and Harold Guinzburg. Also a view of St. Patrick's Cathedral, Manhattan, New York City from the interior of Palazzo d'Italia at 630 Fifth Avenue.
"The three biographers of Johnson sit under his bust, which frowns down at them from a high rectangular pedestal. Mrs. Thrale (left) and Boswell (right) sit facing each other; she leans back, her head turned in 'profil perdu' towards Johnson (who look...
