The Roast Beef of Old England
Print
c.1759? (printed)
c.1759? (printed)
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'The Roast Beef of Old England'. A broadside-cantata with recitative and five airs. Illustrated with a print after the 1748 oil painting (and subsequent print) by William Hogarth. Etching, engraving and letterpress. Printed for W. Tringham under the North Piazza of the Royal Exchange in Threadneedle Street.
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| Title | The Roast Beef of Old England |
| Materials and techniques | Etching, engraving and letterpress |
| Brief description | 'The Roast Beef of Old England'. A broadside-cantata with recitative and five airs. Illustrated with a print after the 1748 oil painting (and subsequent print) by William Hogarth. Etching, engraving and letterpress. Printed for William Tringham, London. c.1759(?). |
| Physical description | 'The Roast Beef of Old England'. A broadside-cantata with recitative and five airs. Illustrated with a print after the 1748 oil painting (and subsequent print) by William Hogarth. Etching, engraving and letterpress. Printed for W. Tringham under the North Piazza of the Royal Exchange in Threadneedle Street. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | LONDON : Printed for W. Tringham under the North Piazza of the Royal Exchange in Threadneedle Street. (Printed in centre of bottom edge of sheet, below the cantata.) |
| Object history | This is one of at least two editions of a broadside cantata based around the popular song The Roast Beef of Old England. It capitalised on Hogarth's well-known painting of 1748 and subsequent print: The Gate of Calais, or The Roast Beef of Old England. |
| Historical context | The song that provided the popular title for Hogarth's 1748 oil painting ‘The Roast Beef of Old England’ is an English patriotic ballad. It was written by Henry Fielding for his play ‘The Grub-Street Opera’, which was first performed in 1731. The lyrics were added to over the next twenty years. The song increased in popularity when given a new setting by the composer Richard Leveridge, and it became customary for theatre audiences to sing it before, after, and occasionally during, any new play. Hogarth’s original oil painting is in the Tate Collection, N01464. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Edge, Kevin. The Art of Selling Songs : Graphics for the Music Business, 1690-1990. London : Futures Publications, c.1991. |
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| Accession number | 25949 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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