"Print showing George IV, in the title role of Mozart's opera, surprised by the sudden arrival of his wife, Caroline, as Donna Anna, lately returned from Italy, during the wedding feast scene, at which a number of bare breasted women are present; on the left, Lord Castlereagh, playing the role of Leporello, holds a long list of the King's female conquests."--Library of Congress online catalog
Description:
Title etched below image., Text below title: Don Giovanni by His M-y, Donna Anna by a celebrated actress, her first appearance on this stage these 7 years, Leporello by Derry Down Triangle, the other caricters [sic] by the Corps de Ballet., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Mounted on page 20 of: George Humphrey shop album.
Publisher:
Pub. July 23, 1820, by H. Fores, 16 Panton St.
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, and Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791.
Subject (Topic):
Operas & operettas, Adultery, Surprise, Banquets, Dining tables, and Chandeliers
Title below image., Date and place of publication supplied by curator., From: Louis Basile Carré de Montgeron, La Vérité des Miracles Operés sur la Tombe du Bienheureux de Paris, Cologne, Libraires de la Compagnie, 1745-1747., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Paris, François de, 1690-1727.
Subject (Topic):
Miracles, Religion and medicine, Blindness, Sick persons, and Surprise
"Satire showing an announcement from a pulpit in a church requesting the wardens to meet to consider eating the church."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Very uncommon parish dinner
Description:
Title etched below image., Date from British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1985,0119.298., Two lines of text below title: The churchwarden's got a wide mouth, and his grinders are like a sledge hammer. Vide old song., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Verse begins: "Come all ye young men and maids,"., In four columns, with the title and woodcut above the first two; the imprint at foot of the last column below a single rule; the columns are not separated by rules., Dated from the address; see David Stoker, "Another look at the Dicey-Marshall publications: 1736-1806", The Library, ser. 7, v. 15:2 (June 2014), 111-157., Mounted on leaf 18. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 2.
The interior of a loft stacked with sacks, an angry countryman ferociously prods one with a pitchfork, while a handsome young woman stands in alarm behind him in the doorway. From the sack projects the terrified head and hands of the woman's lover; his queue indicates a military officer. A white owl flies under the rafters
Description:
Title and date supplied by cataloger., Attributed to Rowlandson., Compare to a print (in reverse) published 16 May 1807 by R. Ackermann: I smell a rat, or, A rogue in grain. See no. 10814 in v. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Topic):
Hiding places, Adultery, Couples, Hiding, Bags, Pitchforks, and Surprise
