Black-eyed Sue and Sweet Poll of Plymouth, taking leave of their lovers who are going to Botany Bay [graphic].

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Title: Black-eyed Sue and Sweet Poll of Plymouth, taking leave of their lovers who are going to Botany Bay [graphic].
Contributor: Laurie & Whittle, publisher.
Published / Created: [12 May 1794]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Published 12th May 1794 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Abstract: "Two prostitutes sit weeping on a bank (left); two heavily shackled convicts stand beside them (right). A jailer with a pistol in his belt standing behind the women points sternly to a ship in the background. On a hill in the background a body hangs from a tiny gibbet."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Numbered in lower left corner: 79.
From the Laurie & Whittle Drolls series.
Watermark: Strasburg lily.
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. v (1794).
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 20 x 25 cm, on sheet 24 x 29 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1794
Etchings England London 1794
Watermarks (Paper)
Material: etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): Botany Bay (N.S.W.)
Subject (Topic): Penal transportation
Gallows
Handguns
Prisoners
Prostitutes
Shackles
Ships
British
Subjects: Botany Bay (N.S.W.)
Penal transportation
Gallows
Handguns
Prisoners
Prostitutes
Shackles
Ships > British
England > 1794
England > London > 1794

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