New cloathed poets!! [art original].

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Title: New cloathed poets!! [art original].
Alternative Title: New clothed poets!!
Creator: Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist
Published / Created: [1792?]
Publication Place: England
Abstract: Two fashionably dressed poets sit at a table ladling a drink into small glasses. Twelve lines of verse below design: No more shall we sneak, or fearfully speak, lest coffee house critics should snap off each nose, for all shall be witty, ingenious and pretty, the bays are our own, since we've got some new cloathes!! What tho! we want coin, let us never repine (tis one of a bards hereditary woes) so I'll fill up each glass, then quick let them pass, and a fig for the rest, since we've got some new clothes!
Description: Title from caption inscribed in black ink below image in the artist's hand.
Date inscribed in graphite pencil below image: 1792.
Attributed to Woodward.
For further information, consult library staff.
Provenance: From Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. v.
Extent: 1 drawing : image 17 x 18.2 cm, on sheet 32.5 x 21.3 cm
Language: English

Genre: Watercolors British 18th century
Material: watercolor with black ink ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): England
Subject (Topic): Clothing & dress
Coffeehouses
Eating & drinking
Poets
Subjects: Clothing & dress > England > 1790-1800
Coffeehouses
Eating & drinking
Poets
British > 18th century

Access: Public
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Citation: G.M. Woodward, New Cloathed Poets!!. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.