The Birthday Ode,John Montagu Sandwich,Royal Band,June 1779,Musicians,Germain
Title: The birth-day ode* - as it was preformed before his M--, on the 4th of June, by the Royal Band
Date Created/Published: 1779 June.
Summary: Print shows three musicians, Lord Sandwich on kettle drums, Lord North on violin, and Lord Germain on flute, accompanied by four singers as they present 'The distresses of the nation: an ode performed in honor of his Majesty's Birth Day.' The asterisk in the title notes: 'As several spurious copies of the Birth-Day Ode made their appearance in the Newspapers, that the Public may be no longer deceived, they are here presented with the genuine Ode, as it was actually performed on the 4th of June.' Includes text of the ode.
Notes:
Title from item.
Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5, no. 5540
Forms part of: British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress).
Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a checklist of 1765-1790 graphics in the Library of Congress / Compiled by Donald H. Cresswell, with a foreword by Sinclair H. Hitchings. Washington : [For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.], 1975, no. 747.
Subjects:
Sandwich, John Montagu,--Earl of,--1718-1792.
North, Frederick,--Lord,--1732-1792.
Sackville, George Germain,--Viscount,--1716-1785.
Musicians--England--1770-1780.
Politics & government--England--1770-1780.
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.
Cartoons (Commentary)--British--1770-1780.
Etchings--British--1770-1780.
Bookmark /2004673358/
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