V. 1. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The Bishop of Durham strides across the footlights on to the stage, his left foot on the shoulder of one of the orchestra below. He wears a mitre and holds his crosier in both hands, as if to attack four danseuses holding garlands of roses who pirouette derisively. He says: "Avaunt the Satan, I fear the not assume whatever shape or form thou wilt I am determined to lay the thou black Fiend." The heads of some of the orchestra appear behind his left leg. A profile head on the extreme left says "Thats right down with them". Against the wall (left) are a carved satyr and a playbill: 'The Divil of a Lover - Hes much tlame' [to blame] and 'Peeping Tom' (by O'Keefe, 1784). The first was a musical farce played once only on 17 Mar. 1798, the second was first played on 13 Feb. 1798. Genest, vii. 360, 361."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Durham mustard too powerful for Italian capers, or, The opera in an uproar and Opera in an uproar
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Reissue of a plate originally published ca. March 1798 by J. McQuire; original imprint statement has been scribbled over with etched lines and Tegg's imprint statement added below it. See British Museum catalogue., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 1., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on bottom edge., Watermark: Basted Mill., and Leaf 62 in volume 1.
