lanternbug

Updated: January 23, 2026

They had caricatured him on the stage as 'Mr. Lanternbug, in General Bourgoyne's comedy, The Maid of the Oaks; and then his mocking artist brethren caught at the nickname, corrupting it, however, to 'Leatherbag. Mr.

Dutton Cook - Art in England: Notes and Studies