Title from item., Title continued below plate: ... and originally intended for recitation at the Haymarket Theatre during the lent season., Printmaker identified from the original drawing in the Huntington Library., Text of the tale printed in three columns below title: Frank Hayman, once a brother of the brush had talents much distinguish'd in his day ..., Temporary local subject terms: Street scenes -- Domestic service: porters -- Maidservants -- Food: hare., and Watermark: [1]794.
Publisher:
Published 20th February 1798 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
"Heading to a song printed in four columns. An old maid's tea-table overturns, owing to a quarrel between her two cats and the dog of her visitor (left), an elderly hunchback. Tea-urn, tea-pot, &c, fall to the ground, scalding the guest. Below the title: 'Being a Companion to that excellent Song of "The Wig, the Hat, and the Cane." To the tune of "Away with these Queer Married Fellows", in the "Gay Deceivers"; by Mr Bannister'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from broadside printed on same sheet., Printmaker and imprint data from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., One line of text and four columns of verse following title in letterpress., and Temporary local subject terms: Teapot -- Tea Urn -- Reference to "Gay Deceivers" -- Pictures amplify subject.
