File:The Middy on the Stage, 1887 (caricature) RMG PU0166.jpg

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Alf Cooke
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English: The Middy on the Stage, 1887 (caricature)

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'The Middy on the stage' appears to have been a character from a burlesque show 'Army & Navy', probably along the lines of 'The Middy ashore', which had featured a young woman in a sailor's costume dancing a hornpipe, and had been a great success in the 1860s. This caricature dates from 1887.
Date 1887
date QS:P571,+1887-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Dimensions Mount: 223 mm x 145 mm
Notes Box Title: 1 Caricatures.
Source/Photographer http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/104317
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Print Room Location Code: CH I [1]
id number: PAD0166
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