Charles Smith Singer and Composer (1 results)
[Poetical handbill, with handcoloured engraving.] Some Push Along With Four In Hand, While Others Drive At Random. Written by J. Pocock, Esq.; composed by Mr. C. SMITH; and sung, [.] by Mr. MATHEWS, [.] at the Lyceum Theatre, Strand.
[Isaac Pocock (1783-1835), dramatist and artist; Charles Smith, singer and composer; Charles Mathews (1776-1835), actor-manager; Lyceum Theatre, Strand; London Stage; Regency buck; dandy]
Published by 'Published 4th. April by LAURIE & WHITTLE No. 53 Fleet Street London.', 1810
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Add to basketPrinted on one side of a piece of laid paper 28 x 23.5 cm. The hand-coloured engraving (showing Mathews in riding garb with long whip in foreground, and a coach and four in the background) is 16 x 22.5 cm. Fair, on aged paper, with wear and slight loss to extremities (not affecting the engraving or text), and the reverse showing signs of removal from an album. Above the engraving are the words 'BANG UP - RANDOM, OR TANDEM.' and beneath are the publication details, followed by the full title: Some Push Along With Four In Hand, While Others Drive At Random. Written by J. Pocock, Esq.; composed by Mr. C. SMITH; and sung, wish [sic] unbounded Applause, by Mr. MATHEWS, in the Musical Farce, called "HIT or MISS!" at the Lyceum Theatre, Strand.' First two lines: 'WITH spirits gay I mount the box, the tits up to their traces, | My elbows squar'd, my wrist turn'd down, dash off to Epsom races;'. Divided into three columns, each with a six-line stanza followed by spoken text. Scarce: COPAC only lists a 12mo Newcastle reprint, from c.1815.…