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Mr. Lobski, or, The river sprat-catcher sung with unbounded applause by Mr. Fawcett, at the King's Theatre in the Haymarket, in the new grand melo-dramtic opera, called "The Exile" written by John Frederick Reynolds, Esq
Title
Mr. Lobski, or, The river sprat-catcher [graphic] : sung with unbounded applause by Mr. Fawcett, at the King's Theatre in the Haymarket, in the new grand melo-dramtic opera, called "The Exile" written by John Frederick Reynolds, Esq.
Publication
[London] : Publish'd Novr. 24, 1808, by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London, [24 November 1808]
Physical Description
1 print : etching with stipple ; plate mark 17.4 x 21.6 cm, on sheet 30 x 24 cm
Medium
wove paper.
Notes
Title from text printed in letterpress below image.
Text in letterpress immediately following title: (The music sold by Messrs. Goulding and Co., New Bond Street.).
Three columns of verse in letterpress near lower portion of sheet: Young Lobski said to his ugly wife, "I'm off till to-morrow to fish, my life" ...
Plate numbered "501" in upper left corner.
Summary
"Heading to printed verses ... A man wearing a short fur-trimmed and frogged coat, with tight breeches and small tricorne, poses mincingly in a landscape with background of river, bridge, and fortified (Russian) town (right)."--British Museum online catalogue.
Variant and related titles
River sprat-catcher
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 16, 2010
References
Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 8, no. 11209
Subjects
Genre/Form
Songs.
Satires (Visual works) - England - 1808.
Etchings - England - London - 1808.
Also listed under
Laurie & Whittle, publisher.
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