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| Archive Reference / Library Class No. | D5459/4/18 |
| Former Reference | D5459/2/84 |
| Title | A Catalanian Attack on a Chance-Seller |
| Date | 1 Dec 1807 |
| Description | The Italian singer Catalani [Angelica Catalani, 1780-1849], depicted here as a cat, attacks the Chancellor Eldon. The cat, wearing a dress and feathers, has knocked the Chancellor's wig off. She sits on his shoulder, scratching his face, and says:
"You would not give five shillings to hear me sing would not you! You unfeeling being! - But I'll make you suffer for it."
Eldon, holding up his hands, cries:
"Who will rid me of this Termagant?"
He is surrounded by six barristers all in wigs. Some look shocked, others pleased.
Available on CD 166. |
| Level | Item |
| Repository | Derbyshire Record Office |
| Artist | Williams |
| Archive Creator | George Murgatroyd Woodward (1765-1809), artist and writer |
| Further Information | London Pubd Decem 1 1807 by Thos Tegg 111 Cheapside
Attribution based on BM Sat 10919
The Italian opera singer Angelica Catalini gave her first performance in England in December 1806. |
| Physical Description | Hand-coloured print. Size 420 x 270 mm. |
| Copies | A digital copy can also be viewed on the public computers at the record office. |
| Publication Note | BM Sat 10919 |
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