A writing sheet illustrated with scenes from Thomas Dibdin’s pantomime, first performed at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, on Boxing Day 1806 and a few months before this sheet was issued. There were at least twelve different scenes in Dibdin’s work, from which nine were chosen to illustrate the borders of the sheet. Another illustration at the foot of the sheet shows a carriage and a wagon followed by soldiers on horseback on a bridge over a river
Alternative Title:
Golden egg
Description:
Title etched at top of plate. and Watermark and countermark: J. Whatman 1805. Lower right corner torn.
Publisher:
Publish'd March 25, 1807, by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
"Rebecca Howse, as in British Museum Satires No. 10788, similarly posed but more upright, and seeming to stand for a portrait. She wears a neat fichu, a light print apron covers the greater part of her striped dress, and no cloak; her shoes are tied, not buckled."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image. and Leaf 36 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton.
