The old cheese [graphic].

Description

Title: The old cheese [graphic].
Contributor: Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, artist.
Laurie & Whittle, publisher.
Published / Created: [1 February 1798]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Published 1st February 1798 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Abstract: Heading to verses printed in two columns. After the title: 'An Original Tale, recited by Mr. Fawcett, at Covent-Garden Theatre'. A farmer in top-boots stands at the head of his dinner-table, about to hurl a large cheese; other cheeses fly about the room, and have broken plates and a window-pane. Six alarmed guests sit at the table. The farmer's wife sits opposite him. The verses relate the tale of a loutish and hen-pecked husband who gives an exhibition of his domestic authority to impress his guests, but is finally quelled by his wife
Description: Title from item.
After an original drawing by Isaac Cruikshank in the Huntington Library.
Title continues below plate in letterpress: An original tale recited by Mr. Fawcett at Covent-Garden Theatre.
Text of the tale in two columns: Young Slouch, the farmer, had a jolly wife, that knew all the conveniences of life ...
Watermark: Strasburg bend with initials GR below.
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. vii.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 19.9 x 24.6 cm, on sheet 47 x 8 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1798
Engravings England London 1798
Watermarks (Paper) G R.
Material: engraving ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Birds
Cats
Cheese
Couples
Dining tables
Dogs
Eating & drinking
Farmers
Farmhouses
Interiors
Subjects: Birds
Cats
Cheese
Couples
Dining tables
Dogs
Eating & drinking
Farmers
Farmhouses
Interiors
England > 1798
England > London > 1798
G R.

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