Subject: Comedy

A pamphlet of the play "Love Laughs at Locksmiths," a musical farce in two acts by George Colman the Younger. Published by Samuel French at 122 Nassau Street. The cost was 15 cents. The pamphlet includes a scene where Beldaire disguises himself as a Jewish art dealer. Publication date is estimated as circa 1830 based on the publisher's address.

This item is sheet music for "The Jew Broker," a song featured in the "New Entertainment of the Jew and the Doctor," with lyrics attributed to M. Bernard. The sheet music includes musical notation and song lyrics, and was printed and sold by R. Shaw in Philadelphia and T. Hewitt in New York, priced at 25 Cents. R. Shaw is identified as an "Importer of Music and Musical Instruments" at 15 South Fourth in Philadelphia. The verso of the first sheet contains a faint pencil sketch of a head. The piece is from Thomas Dibdin's 1798 farce, notable for its portrayal of Jewish characters, reflecting a historical trend towards more sympathetic depictions while still using broadly drawn dialect.