"The actor Kean in part as Richard III appalled as his bastard son is presented to him by its mother as a beadle holds a court order for its maintenance at 7/6d a week."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Specimen of Mr. Kean's acting, or, A little man of great parts! and Little man of great parts!
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker and date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1935,0522.11.111., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Matted to 30 x 41 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. by J.L. Marks, 37 Princes St., Soho, and 28 Fetter Lane, Fleet Street
"Mrs. Cox, in décolletée evening dress with roses in her hair, sits on a sofa with Kean on her lap. He wears slashed doublet and trunk hose. She caresses him, saying, O Romeo, I would thy love were pure as is the virgin snow --. He gazes at her with an intent, cynical smile, answering, By Heaven 'tis as pure as ever lover felt in the purlieus of Drury -- pure as refined gold, as ere was seen in Great or little Britain dearest Juliet --!!!! He holds a glass of brandy; on a table (left) a decanter of Brandy, with a second glass, stands on a playbill: Theatre [Royal] Drury [Lane]. A bold Stroke for A Husband [Mrs. Cowley, 1783] with the Devil to Pay [Coffey, 1731]. On the sofa are a pile of 150 Love Letters; a book, Ovids Art of Love; a paper, Cox and Co. Above Mrs. Cox's head is a picture, Europa and the Bull, a nude woman astride the bull. On the right is a sash-window reaching to the floor. Through this stares Cox; on his head are bull's horns and huge antlers. He wears his alderman's chain, and holds a letter: Dear C- I advise you to keep a Keen eye on you [sic] wife, or Mr -- will --Yours truely E. K-. He shouts: Fire! Fury! and gold dust!! what do I see? K-Kissing my Wife! my head swims and my hair stands erect, but Damages, Damages, Damme!!!!- In front of the window two cats caterwaul angrily at each other: Waough!!! Waough!!!; Maoul Roouw!!"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Keenish sport in Cox's court! and Symptoms of crim. con in Drury Lane May 1824
Description:
Title from caption below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., State with imprint. Cf. No. 14710 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 10., and Temporary local subject terms: Costume: male, female, 1824 -- Brandy -- Bull's horns -- Huge antlers -- Crim con -- Cox, Mrs. Charlotte (Newman), fl. 1824 -- Cox, Robert Albion, fl. 1794-1826.
Publisher:
Pubd. May, 1824 by J. Fairburn Broadway Ludgate Hill
V. 5. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Kean as Richard III, in the usual costume of the part, see British Museum Satires No. 12325, &c., postures on Bosworth Field with drawn sword and declaims: "Methins [sic] there be six Richmonds in the field; five have I kill'd to day instead of him;!!! A Hobby! A Hobby my Kingdom for A Hobby!!!" Behind him (right) is a knight (? Catesby) holding erect a velocipede or hobbyhorse (see British Museum Satires No. 13399, &c.). He says: "Here my Liege! Here's a swift Hobby will convey you from the feild as fast as your legs will permit." He wears a helmet with horse's tail, corslet, trunk-hose, and flat strapped shoes. In the distance (left) the battle rages; men fight or flee on velocipedes. The ground is strewn with shattered velocipedes and the debris of battle."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
New reading, or, Shakespeare improved, Shakspeare improved, and Shakespeare improved
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker and date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Plate numbered "347" in upper right corner., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 5., Also issued separately., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on two sides., Temporary local subject terms: Hobbies -- Reference to: Richmond, John Plantagenet, Earl of, 1340-1372., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 25 x 35 cm, on sheet 25.6 x 41.8 cm., and Leaf 58 in volume 5.
Publisher:
Pubd. by Thos. Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside, London
Subject (Name):
Kean, Edmund, 1787-1833, Bucke, Charles, 1781-1846., and Richard II, King of England, 1367-140.
V. 5. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Kean as Richard III, in the usual costume of the part, see British Museum Satires No. 12325, &c., postures on Bosworth Field with drawn sword and declaims: "Methins [sic] there be six Richmonds in the field; five have I kill'd to day instead of him;!!! A Hobby! A Hobby my Kingdom for A Hobby!!!" Behind him (right) is a knight (? Catesby) holding erect a velocipede or hobbyhorse (see British Museum Satires No. 13399, &c.). He says: "Here my Liege! Here's a swift Hobby will convey you from the feild as fast as your legs will permit." He wears a helmet with horse's tail, corslet, trunk-hose, and flat strapped shoes. In the distance (left) the battle rages; men fight or flee on velocipedes. The ground is strewn with shattered velocipedes and the debris of battle."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
New reading, or, Shakespeare improved, Shakspeare improved, and Shakespeare improved
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker and date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Plate numbered "347" in upper right corner., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 5., Also issued separately., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on two sides., and Temporary local subject terms: Hobbies -- Reference to: Richmond, John Plantagenet, Earl of, 1340-1372.
Publisher:
Pubd. by Thos. Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside, London
Subject (Name):
Kean, Edmund, 1787-1833, Bucke, Charles, 1781-1846., and Richard II, King of England, 1367-140.
