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TITLE:  Lord mayor's feast at Guildhall 1786 - no dinner, no ball

CALL NUMBER:  PC 3 - 1786--Lord mayor's feast ... (A size) [P&P]

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:  LC-USZ62-132985 (b&w film copy neg.)

RIGHTS INFORMATION:  No known restrictions on publication.

SUMMARY:  Print shows a large group of city officials gathered around a table in Guildhall, some are jumping up and down on the table and have lost their hats and wigs. Posted on the wall are two notices: (1) "Nov. 1st 1786. The Lord Mayor is requested to set aside Parade and Festivity the ensuing 9th Nov. on account of the [death] of the Princess Amelia" and (2) "Guildhall. This day Nov'r. the 9 will be presented, not acted since the death of the Duke of Cumberland, a serious Entertainment called The City Camelions." The behavior of the city officials suggests that they are not pleased that there will be "no dinner - no ball" on Nov. 9th.

MEDIUM:  1 print : etching ; 35.8 x 25.5 cm. (plate)

CREATED/PUBLISHED:  [London] : Pub'd ... for the proprietor by E. Macklew, Haymarket, 1786 Nov. 6th.

NOTES:

Title from item.

Large vertical watermark on center of paper. DLC

Attributed to William Dent.

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

SUBJECTS:

Amelia,--Princess, daughter of George II, King of Great Britain,--1710-1786--Death & burial.
Municipal officials--England--1780-1790.
Distress--1780-1790.

FORMAT:

Cartoons (Commentary) British 1780-1790.
Etchings British 1780-1790.

REPOSITORY:  Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

DIGITAL ID:  (b&w film copy neg.) cph 3c32985 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3c32985

CONTROL #:  2003674088


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