Publish'd July 24, 1806 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Description
Title from item. From the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls. Other prints in the Laurie & Whittle Drolls series were executed by either Isaac Cruikshank or Richard Newton. One line of text along top margin of plate: Sung by Mr. Mathews at the Theatre Royal-Haymarket in Mr. Hook's popular farce of Catch Him Who Can. Fourty-eight lines of verse arranged in two columns below title: In Chester's town a man there dwelt, not rich as Croesus, but a buck ... Plate numbered '430' in the lower left corner. Cf. No. 10678 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8 for earlier state with 'July 21' in imprint statement. Temporary local subject terms: Male Costume: 1806 -- Rowboats -- Chester: River Dee.
Provenance
Sotheby's Lot 238 [Car. II] to Seven Gables; July 2, 1968.
Extent
1 print : plate mark 22.2 x 25 cm, on sheet 23 x 31 cm
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