John Appleby a whimsical old ballad, sung by Mr. Fawcett. [graphic][20 November 1805]eng"Two men and two women, all tipsy, drink and dance in an ale-house, while beer gushes from a barrel whose spigot has been removed. Through a casement window a woman is seen running off with a joint of mutton on a dish. This John and his drunken wife Joan have thrown from the window."--British Museum online catalogueTitle etched below image.Plate numbered '412' in the 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.Six numbered stanzas of verse arranged in three columns below title: John Appleby was a mans name and he liv'd near the sign of the kettle, his wife was call'd Joan Quiet, because she could scold but a little ...