Hooly and fairly [graphic].
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Description
- Title
- Hooly and fairly [graphic].
- Alternative Title
- Wholly and fairly
- Contributor
- Bowles, Carington, 1724-1793, publisher.
- Published / Created
- published as the act directs, 4 June, 1787.
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 St. Paul's Church Yard, London
- Abstract
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"An elderly Scots bonnet laird or farmer stands repeating the song, which is a complaint of the extravagance and misconduct of his wife. He wears a round Scots bonnet and a tartan plaid over his coat, long stockings, and shoes tied with strings, tattered gloves from which his fingers protrude; a cane is suspended from his left wrist. He holds in his left hand a small tankard with an open lid indicating in London 'a dram', or gin. In the background is a small house, partly visible on the left, outside which stands the wife, drunk and flourishing a similar tankard; a wine-bottle lies at her feet, a man leans from the window. On the right is a farm building with a horse, two cows, and a broken fence. In the foreground (right) is a large thistle."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
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Title from caption below image
Illustration to a song in Scots engraved beneath the title with the refrain: 'O! gin my Wife wad drink Hooly and Fairly'.
Verse in three columns below title begins: "Oh what had I ado for to marry My wife she drinks naithing but Sack and Canary ..."
Numbered "581" in lower left corner.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
No. 36 in a bound in a collection of 69 prints with a manuscript title page: A collection of drolleries.
Bound in half red morocco with marbled paper boards and spine title "Facetious" in gold lettering. - Provenance
- From the H.J. Peters sale, Sotheby's, lot 230; December 1960;
- Extent
- 1 print : sheet 35.0 x 24.8 cm
- Language
-
Scots
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 75 C697 770
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Songs
Satires (Visual works) England 1787
Mezzotints England London 1787 - Material
- mezzotint ; and laid paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Geographic)
- Scotland
- Subject (Topic)
-
Scots
Alcoholism
Clothing & dress
Drinking vessels
Ethnic stereotypes
Farmhouses
Fences
Intoxication
Spouses
Thistles - Subjects
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Scots
Alcoholism
Clothing & dress > Scotland > 1780-1790
Drinking vessels
Ethnic stereotypes
Farmhouses
Fences
Intoxication
Spouses
Thistles
England > 1787
England > London > 1787
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 11662685
- Object ID (OID)
- 16192346