<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>Miss Wrinkle as sung by Miss Tyrer, with unbounded applause, at the Thatre Royal, Covent Garden in the popular farce or Arbitration, or, Free &amp; easy / [graphic]</dc:title><dc:date>[12 March 1807]</dc:date><dc:language>eng</dc:language><dc:description>"Heading to engraved verses ... An elderly spinster kneels on the floor in a rough attic room; beside her is an open book: 'Sorrows of Werter' [cf. British Museum Satires No. 7054, &amp;c.]. A man looks in through the thatch that forms the only roof; he overhears her praying for a husband, and offers himself: '"Will a Thatcher do for ye, Miss Wrinkle", quoth he,  "Lord thy will be done! I'm content" replied she.'"--British Museum online catalogue</dc:description><dc:description>Title engraved below image.</dc:description><dc:description>From the Laurie &amp; Whittle series of Drolls.</dc:description><dc:description>Eighteen lines of verse below title: In a village there liv'd an old maid, who was ne'er known for trifles to fret ...</dc:description><dc:description>Plate numbered '459' in lower right corner.</dc:description></oai_dc:dc>