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.
A mock playing card folded lengthwise in center to create four 'pages.' The title, imprint and the image create the first external page; opposite is the three of spades as the fourth, also external 'page' when the sheet is folded. The image shows an interior of a church with its pews filled with people listening to the preacher in the pulpit while a young man slips a piece of paper into the hand of a young woman in the last pew on the right. On 'pages' 2 and 3 is the 'genuine copy of a letter' and the conundrums, beginning as follows: My dear, dear Lady / Last Sunday being at St. J---s's Church, the agreeable / impudent Mr. R--- with his usual familiarity ...
Description:
Title from item., Published by George Bickham the younger (1704-1771)?, and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
St. James's, Duke's Place (Church : London, England)
A mock playing card folded lengthwise in center to create four 'pages.' The title, imprint and the image create the first external page; opposite is the three of spades as the fourth, also external 'page' when the sheet is folded. The image shows an interior of a church with its pews filled with people listening to the preacher in the pulpit while a young man slips a piece of paper into the hand of a young woman in the last pew on the right. On 'pages' 2 and 3 is the 'genuine copy of a letter' and the conundrums, beginning as follows: My dear, dear Lady / Last Sunday being at St. J---s's Church, the agreeable / impudent Mr. R--- with his usual familiarity ...
Description:
Title from item., Published by George Bickham the younger (1704-1771)?, and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
St. James's, Duke's Place (Church : London, England)
A mock playing card folded lengthwise in center to create four 'pages.' The title, imprint and the image create the first external page; opposite is the three of spades as the fourth, also external 'page' when the sheet is folded. The image shows an interior of a church with its pews filled with people listening to the preacher in the pulpit while a young man slips a piece of paper into the hand of a young woman in the last pew on the right. On 'pages' 2 and 3 is the 'genuine copy of a letter' and the conundrums, beginning as follows: My dear, dear Lady / Last Sunday being at St. J---s's Church, the agreeable / impudent Mr. R--- with his usual familiarity ...
Description:
Title from item., Published by George Bickham the younger (1704-1771)?, and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
St. James's, Duke's Place (Church : London, England)
