An illustrated broadside commenting on the Old Price Riots of 1809. John Bull, holding a bugle and a rattle, is forced down to sit on a box inscribed "Old Prices" as his head is pushed down by James Brandon, who strides on stage from viewer's right. To left, John Philip Kemble waves a print with an image of Covent Garden Theatre entitled "The House that Jack Built" in his left hand over Bull's head, while dangling a cat (a reference to Angelica Catalani) by its tail in his right hand. In the lower left corner, a stack of progressively smaller boxes labeled "Private Boxes," "Pigeon holes," and "New prices." With letterpress poem (24 stanzas of 4 lines each) below
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Title from letterpress
Not listed in British Museum. Dept. of Prints and Drawings. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum (1870-1954) (George)
Also available as a digital reproduction
Item information about Folger ART 267- 605
Hand colored. Lower left corner cut away, affecting two words of letterpress text. Mounted on stiff paper
Adopted by Dr. Heather A. McPherson, Acquisitions Night 2013
Also known as
Extended title: The new Chevy Chace, or, Covent Garden in an uproar Cruikshank del
Alternate titles: Covent Garden in an uproar
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