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Keen-ish sport in Cox's court!! or, Symptoms of crim. con in Drury Lane, May 1824 Cox fecit [i.e. George Cruikshank].

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Folger copy	ART 230- 995 (size M) – Trimmed within platemark.
Creator	Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, printmaker.
Title	Keen-ish sport in Cox's court!! or, Symptoms of crim. con in Drury Lane, May 1824 Cox fecit [i.e. George Cruikshank].
Place of creation or publication	Great Britain-England-London. London :
Publisher	Pubd. by J. Fairburn, Broadway, Ludgate Hill,
Date	May 1824.
Physical description	1 print : hand-colored etching ; image 214 x 324 mm.
Notes	The British Museum attributes this print to George Cruikshank (see online catalogue).
Published references	British Museum collection database, [via www, Aug. 31 2009];George vol. X, pp. 449-50, no. 14710
Summary	Mrs. Cox, in deÌ colleteÌ e evening dress with roses in her hair, sits on a sofa with Kean on her lap. He wears slashed doublet and trunk hose. He holds a glass of brandy; on a table (left) a decanter of Brandy, with a second glass, stands on a play-bill: Theatre [Royal] Drury [Lane]. A bold Stroke for A Husband [Mrs. Cowley, 1783] with the Devil to Pay [Coffey, 1731]. On the sofa are a pile of 150 Love Letters; a book, Ovids Art of Love; a paper, Cox and Co. Above Mrs. Cox's head is a picture, Europa and the Bull, a nude woman astride the bull. On the right is a sash-window reaching to the floor. Through this stares Cox; on his head are bull's horns and huge antlers. He wears his alderman's chain, and holds a letter. In front of the window two cats caterwaul angrily at each other.--Adapted from George.
Subject	Kean, Edmund, 1787-1833, depicted. Cox, Robert Albion, 1772?-1826, depicted. Cox, Charlotte, 18th/19th cent., depicted. Actors – 19th century, depicted.
Genre - Form	Prints – 19th century. Caricatures – 19th century.
Associated name	Fairburn, John, publisher.
OCLC number	436765021