O dear! What can the matter be! [graphic].

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Title: O dear! What can the matter be! [graphic].
Contributor: Laurie & Whittle, publisher.
Published / Created: [1794]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Published 12th May 1794 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Description: Plate numbered '335' below design on left.
Four columns of song verse below title: O dear! What can the matter be? Dear, dear! What can the matter be? O dear, what can the matter be, Johnney's so long at the fair; He promis'd to buy me a pari of blue stockings, A pair of new garders that cost him but twopence, He promis'd to buy me a bunch of blue ribbons, To tie up my bony brown hair. ...
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Provenance: Grosvenor Prints; June 2002;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 34.9 x 25.3 cm, on sheet 36 x 26 cm
Language: English

Genre: Genre prints
Ballads England 1794
Songs England 1794
Mezzotints England London 1794
Material: mezzotint ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): England1790-1800.
Subject (Topic): Accessories (Clothing & dress)
Clothing & dress
Dwellings
Subjects: Accessories (Clothing & dress)
Clothing & dress > England1790-1800
Dwellings
England > 1794
England > London > 1794

Access: Public
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