Polly's lamentation [graphic].

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Title: Polly's lamentation [graphic].
Published / Created: publish'd as the act directs, [1783?]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, at No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Abstract: A fashionably dressed young woman with a lace-bordered apron and shawl stands by the seashore. Leaning with her left elbow on the grassy top of a rock, she appears to be crying. Behind her is a departing ship
Description: Title from item.
Publication date erased from the plate. Date conjectured from the plate number.
Plate numbered 491.
Below the title are four verses "From the favourite Song of the Maiden's Complaint."
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 354 x 250 mm, on sheet 39 x 29 cm.
Language: English

Genre: Genre prints England 1783
Mezzotints England London 1783
Material: mezzotint with etching, hand-colored ;
Subject (Geographic): England
Subject (Topic): Sailing ships
Clothing & dress
Subjects: Sailing ships > England > 18th century
Clothing & dress > England > 1780-1790
England > 1783
England > London > 1783

Access: Public
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