Hunchback in the character of Richard, British Cartoon Print

Print shows an actor portraying Richard III in a tent on a stage, appearing through trap doors in the stage are a king, queen, prince regent, and another prince, all crying "Murder."

Caption: Little Hunchback, being at a Cass(?) for a good jest to make the Town Carigh(?), assumes the character of King Richard the Third.

Caption continues: An Ass, an Ass, a Benefit for an Ass.

Forms part of: British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress).

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01/01/1790

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