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Title:Harlequin and Mother Goose, or, The golden egg [graphic].
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Publication:[London] : Publish'd March 25, 1807, by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London, [25 March 1807]
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Physical Description:1 print : etching with engraving ; plate mark 45.0 x 36 cm, on sheet 47.8 x 39 cm
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Location:LEWIS WALPOLE LIBRARY, Prints and Drawings (Non-Circ)
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Call Number: 807.03.25.01++
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Status:Not Checked Out
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Notes:Watermark and countermark: J. Whatman 1805. Lower right corner torn.
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Provenance:Pickering & Chatto; March 2020.
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Digital version
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Location:LEWIS WALPOLE LIBRARY, Prints and Drawings (Non-Circ)
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Medium:laid paper
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Notes:Title etched at top of plate.
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Summary: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.
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Variant and related titles:Golden egg
The sub-marine pavilion : Mother Goose, uniting Harlequin and Columbine.
Mother Goose liberated by Colin.
The gift to her deliverer.
Mother Goose casting the egg into the sea.
Surprised at the odd appearance of each other.
Entrance of Vauxhall Gardens.
Interior of Vauxhall.
Mother Goose, raising spirits, to recover the egg.
Mermaid’s cave, with the recovery of the egg.
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Contents:The sub-marine pavilion. Mother Goose, uniting Harlequin and Columbine -- Mother Goose liberated by Colin -- The gift to her deliverer -- Mother Goose casting the egg into the sea -- Surprised at the odd appearance of each other -- Entrance of Vauxhall Gardens -- Interior of Vauxhall -- Mother Goose, raising spirits, to recover the egg -- Mermaid’s cave, with the recovery of the egg.
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Subjects:Dibdin, Thomas, 1771-1841. Harlequin and Mother Goose--Illustrations.
Harlequin (Fictitious character), depicted.
Mother Goose, depicted.
Actors.
Fairy tales.
Fools & jesters.
Pantomimes.
Theatrical productions.
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Genre/Form:Stationery.
Decorated papers.
Writing paper.
Juvenilia.
Pictorial lettersheets.
Etchings--England--London--1807.
Watermarks (Paper)--J. Whatman--1805.
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Also listed under:Laurie & Whittle, publisher.
Link to this page: https://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/14959317