A new pantomime. Harlequine [fox running off with a goose in its mouth] .

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A new pantomime. Harlequine [fox running off with a goose in its mouth] .
Peel 3259
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[London] : Publish'd by E Hedges N° 92 Cornhill, Feby 25th 1784.
Provenance: 
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
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Title from item.
Title partially in the form of a rebus.
Library's copy trimmed within plate mark.

Summary: 

Charles Fox, as Harlequin, and Lord North, as Pantaloon(?), costumed as a large bird with human head and feet, but with wings for arms, his Garter ribbon across his breast. They perform on stage for the members of their party. Fox, standing on one leg, holds the Harlequin's 'magic' wand above the head of a bust of George III. Above the wand hangs the royal crown suspended from an air balloon. Behind his back, Fox passes to a smiling North a piece of paper inscribed, "Prerogative." The audience, that includes on the left, in the box, the Prince of Wales and Mrs. Robinson, and in the pit, among the others, Keppel and Burke, applauds the performance. The back wall of the stage is decorated with a portrait of Cromwell. On the wall facing the King's bust hangs a map of the United States.

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