Jack and his doxey [graphic].

Description

Title: Jack and his doxey [graphic].
Alternative Title: Jack and his doxy
Contributor: Laurie & Whittle, publisher.
Published / Created: [20 October 1800]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Published 20th Octr. 1800 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Abstract: A sailor in a shore town greets a fellow sailor in front of a tavern and converse about the pleasures of shore leaves. A smiling young woman dances with her hands on her hips as a man plays a fiddle. Another woman sits close to another man a table outside in front of the tavern window
Description: Title engraved above image.
Plate numbered '247' in lower left corner.
From the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls.
Other prints in the Laurie & Whittle Drolls series were executed by either Isaac Cruikshank or Richard Newton.
Below image and imprint, a dialogue between two sailors about enjoying shore life.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. ix; May 1954;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 20 x 24.6 cm, on sheet 24 x 29 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1800
Genre prints
Etchings England London 1800
Engravings England London 1800
Material: etching and engraving ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Couples
Musicians
Prostitutes
Sailors
Ships
Taverns (Inns)
Violins
Subjects: Couples
Musicians
Prostitutes
Sailors
Ships
Taverns (Inns)
Violins
England > 1800
England > London > 1800

Access: Public
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