Leonora.Say. little, foolish, fluttering thing...
Publish'd Feb.y 20, 1804 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London.
Coloured aquatint. 245 x 195mm (9¾ x 7¾") very large margins.
A scene from 'The Padlock', a two-act opera by Charles Dibden and Isaac Bickerstaffe, first staged 1765. It depicts Leonora with a bird tethered to her finger, to which she sings. The opera was a great success and is best known for the character Mungo, a black servant from the West Indies, who was played by Dibden in blackface for the premier.
[Ref: 41795] £120.00
Coloured aquatint. 245 x 195mm (9¾ x 7¾") very large margins.
A scene from 'The Padlock', a two-act opera by Charles Dibden and Isaac Bickerstaffe, first staged 1765. It depicts Leonora with a bird tethered to her finger, to which she sings. The opera was a great success and is best known for the character Mungo, a black servant from the West Indies, who was played by Dibden in blackface for the premier.
[Ref: 41795] £120.00