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- Published / Created:
- [25 March 1807]
- Call Number:
- 807.03.25.01++
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- 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
- Subject (Name):
- Dibdin, Thomas, 1771-1841.
- Subject (Topic):
- Harlequin (Fictitious character), Mother Goose, Actors, Fairy tales, Fools & jesters, Pantomimes, and Theatrical productions
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Harlequin and Mother Goose, or, The golden egg [graphic].
