"Lovegrove as Jeremiah Babble stands hat in hand before a solid rail, behind which is a grotesquely fat woman, dressed in her best, with a rope round her neck, at whom he points. Three other men stand by, one with a hand on Lovegrove's shoulder, the others inspecting the woman. The verses relate that Hobbs, 'a jolly Shoe-Maker', having 'caught a Tartar' for his wife tried to sell her at Smithfield, but the wife-dealing fellows, were all of them 'sellers'., Hobbs thereupon tried to hang himself with the rope, but his wife cut him down and: They settled their troubles, like most married couples, John Hobbs, John Hobbs, Oh, happy shoe-maker John Hobbs. Such wife-selling was a common practice, popularly believed to be a legal method of divorce (and so reported by foreign visitors). 'Any Thing New' was a musical farce by Pocock, first played by the English Opera Company at the Lyceum on 1 July 1811. The song illustrated was the chief hit, being twice encored, then a remarkable event; it is printed in full in the 'Europ. Mag.' lx. 43."--British Museum online catalogue
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Title from text printed in letterpress below image., Publication statement from letterpress portion of sheet., Three columns of verse in letterpress below title: A jolly shoe-maker, John Hobbs, John Hobbs a jolly shoe-maker, John Hobbs ..., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: Wife selling.
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Published 12th August 1811 by Whittle and Laurie, No. 53 Fleet Street
To the Right Honourable Lord Grenville, Chancellor of the University of Oxford, etc. etc. etc
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Title from caption below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Two lines of text underneath title: This plate representing the ascent of Mr. Sadler, the celebrated British aeronaut, at Oxford..., Temporary local subject terms: Balloon -- Oxford., and Two pencil sketches of balloons within plate.
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Pub. April 29, 1811 by E.M. Jones No. 32 Little Newport St. Newport Market
To the Worshipful the Mayor and Corporation of the city of Bristol
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Title from caption below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on one side., Several lines of text underneath title: This print (of the perilous situation of Messrs. Sadler & Clayfield, who ascended from Bristol ..., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Pub. April 29, 1811 by E.M. Jones No. 32 Little Newport St. Newport Market