My Poll & my partner Joe [graphic]Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker[18 April 1796]eng"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 catalogueTitle 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.