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- Creator:
- Elmes, William, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [29 October 1813]
- Call Number:
- 813.10.29.01.1+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A jovial sailor bestrides a mis-shapen horse with panniers, a foot in each basket. In each basket sits a bedizened prostitute, each holding one of his arms. He grins amorously towards the one on his right who is immensely fat, with a patched face and coarse features. She wears long gloves, holds up a parasol, and a reticule dangles from her arm. The other, who is less repulsive, drinks from a bottle; from her pannier dangles a jar of 'British Spirits'. Both wear feathered hats and low-cut dresses with very short sleeves, necklaces, and ear-rings. They are in a wide cobbled street leading to the Thames, which resembles the sea; behind a corner shop (left), inscribed 'Dealer in Maritime Stores', appears the stern of a ship flying an ensign."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from item., Two columns of dialogue below title: Dialogue. Mrs. Bull: "Why bless me, John, be that you yourself? Why, I didn't know you agen! What on airth ha' ye letten your beard grow for, man? ..., and In upper right corner of design: 216.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Octor. 29 1813 by Thos. Tegg 111 Cheapside London
- Subject (Topic):
- Jewelry
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Jack Jolly steering down Wapping in ballast trim [graphic]
