An engraving above a song: A pretty young woman (Mrs. Bland) sits with her elbow resting on a square piano, facing a man wearing a cocked hat (Braham), who bends towards her, smiling, hands on hips. She weeps: on the piano is a song: 'False Alarms Smile & Tear . . . Laurie & Whittle'. The piano is by 'Broderip'.
Description:
Title from text engraved below image., "False Alarms, or My Cousin' was a comic opera by Kenney first performed at Drury Lane, 12 Jan. 1807. Braham played Edgar Gayland in love with Emily, played by Mrs. Bland." See British Museum catalogue., From the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls., Eighteen lines of verse in lower portion of print: Said a smile to a tear, on the cheek of my dear ..., and Plate numbered '458' in the lower left corner.
Publisher:
Publish'd March 2, 1807 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
"Johnstone (left) and Mrs. Bland (right), as O'Rourke O'Daisy and his wife Dolly, sing; he smiles at the audience with raised hat, she smiles at him. There is a landscape background with a gate leading to a house."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text printed in letterpress below image., Two columns of verse in letterpress below title: Mr. Johnstone. Long ago from my country I trotted away, knowing well how to rake and to tumble the hay ..., Plate numbered in upper right corner: 51[5]. Partially trimmed., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Published 4th April 1810 by Laurie & Whittle, No. 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Name):
Johnstone, John Henry, 1749-1828 and Bland, Mrs. 1770-1838 (Maria Theresa Catherine),
