<oai_dc:dc xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd"><dc:title>The cobler [sic] and poet sung with great applause by Mr. Fawcett in Mr. Allingham's new farce, called "Who wins, or the widow's choice" / [graphic]</dc:title><dc:creator>Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker</dc:creator><dc:date>[25 April 1808]</dc:date><dc:language>eng</dc:language><dc:description>"Heading to printed verses: 'Sung with great Applause by Mr Fawcett, in Mr. Allingham's New Farce, called "Who Wins, or the Widow's Choice"'. A fat cobbler points out his stall (left) to a thin ragged man whose dress aims at gentility. Above a shabby 'bulk' partly below street-level, is a placard: 'Boots &amp; Shoes Neatly Made or Mended by me Jonathan Saveall'. Behind (right) is the corner of 'Grubb Street'. A ballad-singer with children sings outside the shop of 'Simon Sloop': on a window-pane: 'Hot Ox Cheek Shin of Beef &amp;c.' Behind is a street of cottages, one 'A Day School'. The men came to London together, one has thriven on leather, the other has starved on poetry and learning."--British Museum online catalogue</dc:description><dc:description>Title etched below image.</dc:description><dc:description>Plate numbered in upper left corner: 487.</dc:description><dc:description>Four verses printed on sheet in letterpress below plate mark: William and Jonathan came to town together, William had learning, and Jonathan some leather...</dc:description></oai_dc:dc>