A merry tale of the jealous weaver [graphic].

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Title: A merry tale of the jealous weaver [graphic].
Alternative Title: Weaver jealous of his wife like many, Still dream't of horns before the Knave had any ...
Contributor: Lyne, Samuel, publisher.
Published / Created: [between 1741? and 1748]
Publication Place: London and England London
Publisher: Printed and sold by Samuel Lyne, map and printseller at the Globe in Newgate Street
Abstract: A satirical broadside, with two vignettes of the "Weaver". On the left the weaver is at his loom his back to his wife who is seated at the hearth warming her hands over the fire. On the right he is shown in the disguise of a Friar receiving his wife for confession as she kneels before him. Two columns of verse below: "A weaver jealous of his wife like many, Still dream't of horns before the Knave had any ... Twas you were the young man the old man & [the] Fryer. Finis."
Description: Title from engraved text above image.
All engraved.
Date from British Book Trade Index.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
With "Pro Patria" watermark.
Provenance: Sold at Forum Auctions, 29 November 2018, lot 197. Purchased through Jarndyce; November 2018.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 33.5 x 25 cm
Language: English

Genre: Broadside poems
Engravings England London 1741
Satires (Visual works) England 1741
Watermarks (Paper)
Material: engraving ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image and text
Subject (Topic): Adultery
Weavers
Looms
Fireplaces
Confessions
Costumes
Monks
Subjects: Adultery
Weavers
Looms
Fireplaces
Confessions
Costumes
Monks
England > London > 1741
England > 1741

Access: Public
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