Title from item., One line of text in lower right below image: I rece'd [the] pleasant lettr but shall tell Mr. W-t., Thirteen lines of verse in three columns below image: Ungrateful P--t. You have me bitt! ..., Temporary local subject terms: Statues: statue of Queen Anne on pedestal -- Ghosts: the Duchess of Marlborough -- Lightning bolts -- Female dress: Queen Anne's dress -- Lighting: candlesticks -- Furniture: screen -- Tables -- Chair -- Mirror -- Furnishings: wall clock and bracket -- Fireplace: gratel -- Letters -- Watches -- Legacy., and Watermark: countermark IV.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Anne, Queen of Great Britain, 1665-1714, Marlborough, Sarah Jennings Churchill, Duchess of, 1660-1744, Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of, 1694-1773, and Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778
A mock playing card folded lengthwise in center to create four 'pages.' The title, quotation from The Beggar's opera and imprint create the last, external page; opposite is an ace of hearts as the first, also external page when the sheet is folded. On the second 'page' inside is an image, opposite fourteen lines of verse on the third 'page.' The image shows a lady in a large hoop-petticoat standing by a dressing table in an elegant room and ordering out of the room a dwarfish man, probably a servant, with a cap in one hand and a playing card with a red letter 'A' in another. He is leaving the room. Among the paintings is a large portrait of Cupid. Several books are on a stool near the door and on the floor next to the stool lies a volume of 'Rochester's Poems'. The verse begins as follows: Sir Francis, my lady & both the Miss D---nts / Sincerely return Lady Dorothy's compliments ...
Description:
Title from item., Published by George Bickham the younger (1704-1771) in 1746?, Two lines of quotation below title: With how d'ye do, and how d'ye do, and how d'ye do again. Beg. Op. [i.e., Beggar's Opera]., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
A mock playing card folded lengthwise in center to create four 'pages.' The title, quotation from The Beggar's opera and imprint create the last, external page; opposite is an ace of hearts as the first, also external page when the sheet is folded. On the second 'page' inside is an image, opposite fourteen lines of verse on the third 'page.' The image shows a lady in a large hoop-petticoat standing by a dressing table in an elegant room and ordering out of the room a dwarfish man, probably a servant, with a cap in one hand and a playing card with a red letter 'A' in another. He is leaving the room. Among the paintings is a large portrait of Cupid. Several books are on a stool near the door and on the floor next to the stool lies a volume of 'Rochester's Poems'. The verse begins as follows: Sir Francis, my lady & both the Miss D---nts / Sincerely return Lady Dorothy's compliments ...
Description:
Title from item., Published by George Bickham the younger (1704-1771) in 1746?, Two lines of quotation below title: With how d'ye do, and how d'ye do, and how d'ye do again. Beg. Op. [i.e., Beggar's Opera]., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
A mock playing card folded lengthwise in center to create four 'pages.' The title, quotation from The Beggar's opera and imprint create the last, external page; opposite is an ace of hearts as the first, also external page when the sheet is folded. On the second 'page' inside is an image, opposite fourteen lines of verse on the third 'page.' The image shows a lady in a large hoop-petticoat standing by a dressing table in an elegant room and ordering out of the room a dwarfish man, probably a servant, with a cap in one hand and a playing card with a red letter 'A' in another. He is leaving the room. Among the paintings is a large portrait of Cupid. Several books are on a stool near the door and on the floor next to the stool lies a volume of 'Rochester's Poems'. The verse begins as follows: Sir Francis, my lady & both the Miss D---nts / Sincerely return Lady Dorothy's compliments ...
Description:
Title from item., Published by George Bickham the younger (1704-1771) in 1746?, Two lines of quotation below title: With how d'ye do, and how d'ye do, and how d'ye do again. Beg. Op. [i.e., Beggar's Opera]., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
A mock playing card folded lengthwise in center to create four 'pages.' The title, quotation from The Beggar's opera and imprint create the first external page; opposite is an ace of spades creating the fourth, also external page when the sheet is folded. On the second 'page' inside is an image, opposite sixteen lines of verse on the third 'page.' The image shows a fashionably dressed lady in an elegant large room. She is handing a card, ace of spades, to a dwarfish man, probably a servant who is holding a jockey hat in his left hand. The verse begins as follows: Lady Dorothy Drum sends her compliments to Sr. Francis, my lady, and both the Miss D---nts ...
Description:
Title from cover., Published by George Bickham the younger (1704-1771)?, Two lines of quotation below title: With how d'ye do, and how d'ye do, and how d'ye do again. Beg. Op. [i.e., Beggar's Opera]., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
A mock playing card folded lengthwise in center to create four 'pages.' The title, quotation from The Beggar's opera and imprint create the first external page; opposite is an ace of spades creating the fourth, also external page when the sheet is folded. On the second 'page' inside is an image, opposite sixteen lines of verse on the third 'page.' The image shows a fashionably dressed lady in an elegant large room. She is handing a card, ace of spades, to a dwarfish man, probably a servant who is holding a jockey hat in his left hand. The verse begins as follows: Lady Dorothy Drum sends her compliments to Sr. Francis, my lady, and both the Miss D---nts ...
Description:
Title from cover., Published by George Bickham the younger (1704-1771)?, Two lines of quotation below title: With how d'ye do, and how d'ye do, and how d'ye do again. Beg. Op. [i.e., Beggar's Opera]., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
A mock playing card folded lengthwise in center to create four 'pages.' The title, quotation from The Beggar's opera and imprint create the first external page; opposite is an ace of spades creating the fourth, also external page when the sheet is folded. On the second 'page' inside is an image, opposite sixteen lines of verse on the third 'page.' The image shows a fashionably dressed lady in an elegant large room. She is handing a card, ace of spades, to a dwarfish man, probably a servant who is holding a jockey hat in his left hand. The verse begins as follows: Lady Dorothy Drum sends her compliments to Sr. Francis, my lady, and both the Miss D---nts ...
Description:
Title from cover., Published by George Bickham the younger (1704-1771)?, Two lines of quotation below title: With how d'ye do, and how d'ye do, and how d'ye do again. Beg. Op. [i.e., Beggar's Opera]., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
publish'd according to act of Parliamt. May 10th 1746.
Call Number:
746.05.10.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A mock playing card folded lengthwise in center to create four 'pages.' The title, quotation from The Beggar's opera and imprint create the first external page; opposite is an ace of clubs creating the fourth, also external page when the sheet is folded. On the second 'page' inside is an image, opposite sixteen lines of verse on the third 'page.' The image shows three ladies gathered around a table in an elegant room with a view through a large window on another townhouse across the street. The lady seated on the left hands an ace of clubs to a dwarfish man, probably a servant. The two ladies on the right appear to examine cards on the table, the top of which is hidden from view. One of them holds up another ace of clubs. The verse begins as follows: Lady D--t & her daughters were all gone from home, when the card was deliver'd from dear Lady Drum ...
Description:
Title from item., Published by George Bickham the younger (1704-1771)?, Two lines of quotation below title: With how d'ye do, and how d'ye do, and how d'ye do again. Beg. Op. [i.e., Beggar's Opera]., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Mock playing cards -- Literature: quotation from The Beggar's opera by John Gay, 1685-1732.
publish'd according to act of Parliamt. May 10th 1746.
Call Number:
746.05.10.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A mock playing card folded lengthwise in center to create four 'pages.' The title, quotation from The Beggar's opera and imprint create the first external page; opposite is an ace of clubs creating the fourth, also external page when the sheet is folded. On the second 'page' inside is an image, opposite sixteen lines of verse on the third 'page.' The image shows three ladies gathered around a table in an elegant room with a view through a large window on another townhouse across the street. The lady seated on the left hands an ace of clubs to a dwarfish man, probably a servant. The two ladies on the right appear to examine cards on the table, the top of which is hidden from view. One of them holds up another ace of clubs. The verse begins as follows: Lady D--t & her daughters were all gone from home, when the card was deliver'd from dear Lady Drum ...
Description:
Title from item., Published by George Bickham the younger (1704-1771)?, Two lines of quotation below title: With how d'ye do, and how d'ye do, and how d'ye do again. Beg. Op. [i.e., Beggar's Opera]., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Mock playing cards -- Literature: quotation from The Beggar's opera by John Gay, 1685-1732.
publish'd according to act of Parliamt. May 10th 1746.
Call Number:
746.05.10.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A mock playing card folded lengthwise in center to create four 'pages.' The title, quotation from The Beggar's opera and imprint create the first external page; opposite is an ace of clubs creating the fourth, also external page when the sheet is folded. On the second 'page' inside is an image, opposite sixteen lines of verse on the third 'page.' The image shows three ladies gathered around a table in an elegant room with a view through a large window on another townhouse across the street. The lady seated on the left hands an ace of clubs to a dwarfish man, probably a servant. The two ladies on the right appear to examine cards on the table, the top of which is hidden from view. One of them holds up another ace of clubs. The verse begins as follows: Lady D--t & her daughters were all gone from home, when the card was deliver'd from dear Lady Drum ...
Description:
Title from item., Published by George Bickham the younger (1704-1771)?, Two lines of quotation below title: With how d'ye do, and how d'ye do, and how d'ye do again. Beg. Op. [i.e., Beggar's Opera]., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Mock playing cards -- Literature: quotation from The Beggar's opera by John Gay, 1685-1732.
