Caption title above woodcut., Date range conjectural., Verse begins: "In Rome a nobleman did wed"., In five columns with the title and woodcut above the first three; the columns are not separated by rules., In this setting line 24 begins with "and"., Mounted on leaf 51. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 1.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Rome (Italy)
Subject (Topic):
Household employees, Murder, Master and servant, Abused children, Pleading (Begging), Homicides, and Criminals
A satirical broadside, with two vignettes of the "Weaver". On the left the weaver is at his loom his back to his wife who is seated at the hearth warming her hands over the fire. On the right he is shown in the disguise of a Friar receiving his wife for confession as she kneels before him. Two columns of verse below: "A weaver jealous of his wife like many, Still dream't of horns before the Knave had any ... Twas you were the young man the old man & [the] Fryer. Finis."
Alternative Title:
Weaver jealous of his wife like many, Still dream't of horns before the Knave had any ...
Description:
Title from engraved text above image., All engraved., Date from British Book Trade Index., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and With "Pro Patria" watermark.
Publisher:
Printed and sold by Samuel Lyne, map and printseller at the Globe in Newgate Street
Subject (Topic):
Adultery, Weavers, Looms, Fireplaces, Confessions, Costumes, and Monks
Title from item., Title continues: Sells all sorts of woollen drapery, & mens mercery goods, viz. superfine second livery & drab cloths, forrest cloths Bath coatings, German serges, marble cloths & lincys, rutteens & duffills, sergedenims & everlastings, thicksetts & fustains, Manchester velvets, hair & worsted shags, shalloons & rattenetts, paduas & mill'd serges, double & single allopeens, fine says, tamies & callimancos, sattins & corded padusoys, serge dusoys, princes stuff & prunellas, Turky burdetts & cherry derrys, fine dimothys, with sundry other drapery & mercery goods, at the lowest prices, for ready money., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and On leaf 32 of an album of trade cards and invitations.
Title from item., Title continues: Is sold all manner of wearing apparel for men and boys both new & second hand rich or plain; likewise gentlemen may chuse their patterns and have cloaths, liveries or mourning made in the modern taste at the most reasonable rates; all sorts of woollen drapery & Manchester goods in the piece, swords, pistols, sashes, gorgetts, horse-furniture &c, &c. N.B. The utmost value given for the above articles., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and On leaf 53 of an album of trade cards and invitations.
Title from item., Title continues: Dutch velvets, black silks, sattins, sarsnetts, persians, poplins, Norwich crapes, bombazeens, dresdens, Venetian poplins, Irish stuffs, plaids, and all other sorts of stuffs, worsted damasks, cambletts, camblettes, calomancoes, velvet cloaks, short cloaks, capuchines, cardinals, night gowns, English & French hoops, childrens coats, stays & all sorts of quilted coats., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and On leaf 19 of an album of trade cards and invitations.
Title from item., Title continues: Are sold all sorts of Turkey, Musketta, Wilton, Worcester & Scots carpets with upholstery and cabinet goods, wholesale & retail. Where merchants may be supplied with the above goods for exportation. NB, houshold goods apprais'd & funerals furnish'd., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and On leaf 7 of an album of trade cards and invitations.
Title from item., Title continues: Sell all sorts of mercery goods, vizt. Genoa & Dutch velvets, rich brocades, damasks & paduasoys, figur'd & plain sattin, flower'd & plain tabby, armozeens & ducapes, sergedusoys, mantuas, tobin'd strip'd & plain lutestrings, sarsenets & persians, poplins & broglios, tobin'd strip'd & plain Irish stuffs, silverest & messinets, Venetian & corded poplins, stuff damasks & camblets, callimanco's stuffs, &c. Likewise variety of Norwich crapes bombazeens, and black silks. N.B. As we keep a large sortment of half silks entire new fancies, of various kinds. Ladies, &c, may depend of being used upon the best terms & at the very lowest prices., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and On leaf 38 of an album of trade cards and invitations.