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1. Knibs's Pound [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [22 September 1806]
- Call Number:
- 806.09.22.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Two yokels stand outside a rustic inn, with a sign of fighting cocks; peasants are dancing. The verses relate comic incidents of low life in London: quarrelling, drinking, and fightng. They end: 'Then God bless our noble King George, May his reign be ever so long, And grant, as the Parliament's met, That nothing whatever goes wrong'."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Knibs' Pound
- Description:
- Title from broadside printed on the same sheet., From the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls., Other prints in the Laurie & Whittle Drolls series were executed by either Isaac Cruikshank or Richard Newton., Broadside portion contains three columns of verse constituting the lyrics of a whimsical ballad., and Plate numbered '441' in upper left corner.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd Septr. 22, 1806, by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
- Subject (Topic):
- Country life, Dance, Peasants, Taverns (Inns), Whips, Carts & wagons, and Pipes (Smoking)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Knibs's Pound [graphic].
