Cracking a joke!! [graphic]Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker[1813?]eng"Two men drink and smoke together, a jug of 'Stingo' on the table between them. The more proletarian, who wears a small cap on short tousled hair, turns up his eyes to a large louse on his forehead, saying, "Whats that you say Neighbour? You see a Creeper on my Forhead! Come--Come--you Joke!" The other answers: "I tell you what my good Friend if you have any more such Jokes I advise you to crack them as soon as possible"."--British Museum online catalogueTitle etched below image.Probably a reissue; beginning of imprint statement has been burnished from plate.Date of publication from British Museum catalogue and Grego.Plate numbered "296" in upper right corner.Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 4.Leaf 71 in volume 4.