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LIB/JL/PE/9
Reference code
LIB/JL/PE/9
Level of description
Item
Title
'Henry Augustus Mug, a whitty cockney' sung by Mr Liston
1808
Extent and medium
1 sheet
Personal name
Liston, John
Scope and content
Single sheet song, text only with an engraved and hand coloured illustration, 'Henry Augustus Mug, a whitty cockney: sung with unbounded applause by Mr. Liston, in the new play called The Africans; or war, love, and duty: written by George Colman, the Younger. The music composed and selected by Mr. Kelly'. with an imprint above the engraved illustration 'Publish'd Sept. 1. 1808 by Laurie & Whittle'. Colman the Younger's play was first given at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, on 29 July 1808.
Immediate source of acquisition
From the collection of Jim Davis, presented by his family December 2024.