My Poll & my partner Joe [graphic]

Description

Title: My Poll & my partner Joe [graphic]
Alternative Title: My Poll and my partner Joe
Creator: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Contributor: Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Published / Created: [18 April 1796]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. April 18th, 1796, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
Abstract: "A sailor (right) and a fat, ugly, disreputable woman (left) dance with tipsy joviality. They face each other, each holding the other's left hand. He holds up a small covered jug (holding the publican's dram). Her feet appear through tattered shoes and stockings; one eye is closed. He wears a round hat, pigtail, short jacket, petticoat, and long striped stockings."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Thomas Adams is one of the pseudonyms used by Gillray.
Illustration to a popular song by Charles Dibdin: The waterman.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Temporary local subject terms: Ballads: My Poll & my partner Joe -- Dancing -- Containers: dram-pot.
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. vi.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 28 x 32 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English