Robin & Sue. A whimsical tale [graphic].

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Title: Robin & Sue. A whimsical tale [graphic].
Alternative Title: Robin and Sue
Creator: Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
Contributor: Laurie & Whittle, publisher.
Published / Created: [12 April 1799]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Published 12th April. 1799 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Description: Title engraved below image.
Printmaker identified from the original drawing in the Huntington Library.
Plate numbered '231' in lower right corner.
From Laurie and Whittle series of drolls.
Four lines of verse in two columns below title: "I'll list for a soldier!" said Robin to Sue, / To avoid those eternal disputes ...
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Temporary local subject terms: Buildings: cottages -- Military uniforms -- Military musicians: drummer boy -- Fifer boy -- Cuckolds -- Recruiting -- Recruits -- Officer -- Children: babies.
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. vii.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 20.1 x 25 cm, on sheet 24 x 30 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1799
Etchings England London 1799
Engravings England London 1799
Material: etching & engraving ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subjects: England > 1799
England > London > 1799

Access: Public
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