England under the house of Hanover; : its history and condition during the reigns of the three Georges, illustrated from the caricatures and satires of the day. (1848)
Wright, Thomas, 1810-1877, Fairholt, F. W. (Frederick William), 1814-1866, artist, Brown, Joseph, fl. 1837-1886, engraver, Cook, Conrad, fl. 1831-1850, engraver, Urquhart, Francis Fortescue, former owner · London : Richard Bentley... · leaf 141
to the attention which the opera excitedin fashionable society: yet satirists of every classcontinued to attack it, and among others Hogarth, 120 POLITICAL CHARACTER OF THE DRAMA. [1728. who, in 1742, shewed his inimitable skill, in givingthe character of grotesque coarseness to what so largea… … THE CHARMERS OF THE AGE, IN 1742. and the Signora Barberina, who performed at DruryLane. Underneath the plate Hogarth has added anobservation, of which we hardly perceive the wholebearing: The dotted lines show the rising heights. At the same time the stage became every day,until 1737, more and…
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