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The hambug or An attempt at tragedy, with the Jordan [struck through and replaced by] Joram Upsett, British Cartoon Print

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"The stage of (Drury Lane) theatre, showing the box of the Prince of Wales (right) (the stage-box on the level of the stage), with the lower part of the box immediately above it. Mrs. Jordan, sinking back as if fainting, is supported by the Duke of Clarence who kneels (left) on one knee, offering her a wine-glass..." (Source: George)

[I. Cruikshank].

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Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum / by Mary Dorothy George, v. 6, no. 7934

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

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01/01/1791
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