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03 June 1748

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Theatre: Haymarket Theatre
Theatrical Season: 1747-1748
Volume: 4
Comments: The Thirty-second Day. To begin at 6:30 p.m. [Published this month, A Catalogue of Curiosities, Chiefly Theatrical which are to be sold by Auction. Dedicated to Foote by Peter Skewball. A twenty-two-page pamphlet containing suggestive comments about certain actresses. "Lot 13 Two young Actresses of different complections, who having been two years under the care of a certain physician are warranted sound, very little the worse for use...Lot 33 a Coquet Crying by Mrs C-; Lot 34 A Venus half naked at See Saw by Mrs W-; Lot 35 A Very Stanch actress, somewhat overfed, and of great Virtue (Mrs Pritchard?)." N.B.: This is the greatest curiosity in the Catalogue.

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    *p?#hay Auction of Pictures. *c?#hay The Thirty-second Day. To begin at 6:30 p.m. [Published this month, <i>A Catalogue of Curiosities, Chiefly Theatrical</i> which are to be sold by Auction. Dedicated to $Foote= by $Peter Skewball=. A twenty-two-page pamphlet containing suggestive comments about certain actresses. "Lot 13 Two young Actresses of different complections, who having been two years under the care of a certain physician are warranted sound, very little the worse for use...Lot 33 a Coquet Crying by Mrs C-; Lot 34 A Venus half naked at See Saw by Mrs W-; Lot 35 A Very Stanch actress, somewhat overfed, and of great Virtue ($Mrs Pritchard=?)." N.B.: This is the greatest curiosity in the Catalogue.]

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    *p1748 06 03 hay Auction of Pictures.*c1748 06 03 hay The Thirty-second Day. To begin at 6:30 p.m. [Published this month, <i>A Catalogue of Curiosities, Chiefly Theatrical</i> which are to be sold by Auction. Dedicated to $Foote= by $Peter Skewball=. A twenty-two-page pamphlet containing suggestive comments about certain actresses. "Lot 13 Two young Actresses of different complections, who having been two years under the care of a certain physician are warranted sound, very little the worse for use...Lot 33 a Coquet Crying by Mrs C-; Lot 34 A Venus half naked at See Saw by Mrs W-; Lot 35 A Very Stanch actress, somewhat overfed, and of great Virtue ($Mrs Pritchard=?)." N.B.: This is the greatest curiosity in the Catalogue.]

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    Event: 24281 | 17480603 | hay | The Thirty-second Day. To begin at 6:30 p.m. [Published this month, <i>A Catalogue of Curiosities, Chiefly Theatrical</i> which are to be sold by Auction. Dedicated to $Foote= by $Peter Skewball=. A twenty-two-page pamphlet containing suggestive comments about certain actresses. "Lot 13 Two young Actresses of different complections, who having been two years under the care of a certain physician are warranted sound, very little the worse for use...Lot 33 a Coquet Crying by Mrs C-; Lot 34 A Venus half naked at See Saw by Mrs W-; Lot 35 A Very Stanch actress, somewhat overfed, and of great Virtue ($Mrs Pritchard=?)." N.B.: This is the greatest curiosity in the Catalogue.
    Performance: 48367 | 24281 | p | Auction Of Pictures

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