Sprig of shillelah and shamrock so green [graphic]

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Title: Sprig of shillelah and shamrock so green [graphic]
Contributor: Laurie & Whittle, publisher.
Published / Created: [20 October 1807]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Publish'd Octr. 20, 1807 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Description: Title from letterpress poem.
Heading from broadside continues: (Tune-"Black Joke") Sung with unbounded applause by Mr. Johnstone, of the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane.
Thirty two lines of verse printed on broadside portion: Och! love is the soul of a neat Irishman, he loves all that's lovely, loves all that he can, with his sprig of shillelah and shamrock so green ...
From the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls.
Plate numbered '473' in upper left corner.
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. xii.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 18.4 x 22.3 cm, on sheet 30 x 24 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1807
Etchings England London 1807
Engravings England London 1807
Material: etching and engraving with stipple ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subjects: England > 1807
England > London > 1807

Access: Public
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