Accession number
PML 146731, leaf 55
Creator
Cruikshank, Isaac, 1756?-1811?
Published
[London] : Published 25th May, 1801 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London, [1801
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Title from item.
Signed "Cruikshank" within image.
Three columns of etched verse from the poem "Little mouths" by William King below image: Betty with bridled chin extends her face ... I warrant I'll find Mouth if they find Men
Plate numbered in upper left corner: 265.
Not in George.
Library's copy mounted on leaf 55 of a bound volume containing various works by George, Isaac, and Robert Cruikshank; including published suites of prints, individually published plates and caricatures, and miscellaneous illustration and reproductions removed from published works.
Signed "Cruikshank" within image.
Three columns of etched verse from the poem "Little mouths" by William King below image: Betty with bridled chin extends her face ... I warrant I'll find Mouth if they find Men
Plate numbered in upper left corner: 265.
Not in George.
Library's copy mounted on leaf 55 of a bound volume containing various works by George, Isaac, and Robert Cruikshank; including published suites of prints, individually published plates and caricatures, and miscellaneous illustration and reproductions removed from published works.
Description
1 print : etching ; image: 162 x 227 mm; plate mark: 188 x 245 mm; sheet: 224 x 282 mm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows a young woman singing in front of an inn or public house; a man holding a whip and mug listens at left and two women stand on either side of her as the innkeeper stands at right in his apron with hands on his hips as he looks on smiling; in the foreground at right, another man holding a mug of ale sits at a table smoking a pipe as a dog stands at his feet and howls.
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