A stage scene showing an interior where a masked man in a close-fitting striped dress stands before a table on which sits a volume of the House of Commons, beyond which is an open window showing tailors at work in a building opposite. Engraving, 1769.
- Date:
- [Jan 26 1769]
- Reference:
- 583483i
- Pictures
About this work
Description
Mungo was a black slave who featured in a new farce of the time called The padlock. Jeremiah Dyson was then M.P. for Weymouth and from 31 December 1768 to 12 March 1774 a Lord of the Treasury. Dyson was opposed to John Wilkes whom the Political register openly supported. This print, which was published for the Register, is a reference to Dyson's association with the black slave odd-jobber Mungo after whom he was nicknamed
Publication/Creation
[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [Jan 26 1769]
Physical description
1 print : engraving ; image 15 x 9.8 cm
Lettering
Mungo
References note
British Museum, Catalogue of political and personal satires, Vol. IV, London 1978, no. 4267
Reference
Wellcome Collection 583483i
Type/Technique
Languages
Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores