The Cobler's wife sung by Mr. Matthews at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane; in the grand operatical romance "The Forty Thieves". [graphic]

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Title
The Cobler's wife sung by Mr. Matthews at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane; in the grand operatical romance "The Forty Thieves". [graphic]
Alternative Title
Cobbler's wife
Contributor
Laurie & Whittle, publisher.
Published / Created
[12 November 1806]
Publication Place
London
Publisher
Publish'd Novr. 12, 1806 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Abstract

"A cobbler flourishes a strap, while a little woman in Turkish trousers and jewelled turban runs away behind him. On the left is his shed and a bench with tools. Behind is a large quasi-oriental building, with minaret and dome. The verses relate how the cobbler thrashed his very small wife who ran away between his legs 'for ever'. They end:'"Twou'd break my heart, to lose my awl, To lose my wife's a trifle.'"--British Museum online catalogue

Description
Title engraved below image.
Plate numbered '447' in the lower left corner.
From the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls.
Twenty four lines of text between three numbered song verses above imprint: Last week I took a wife; and when I first did woo her...
Provenance
Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. xii.
Extent
1 print : plate mark 22.9 x 28 cm, on sheet 24 x 30 cm
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number
806.11.12.01

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Satires (Visual works) England 1806
Etchings England London 1806
Material
etching and engraving ; and wove paper.
Resource Type
still image
Subject (Topic)
Costumes
Turkish
Shoemakers
Spouses
Subjects
Costumes > Turkish
Shoemakers
Spouses
England > 1806
England > London > 1806

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Identifiers

Catalog Record
8551647
Object ID (OID)
15813912

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