I'd be a butterfly born in a coal-sack!!! [graphic].

Description

Title: I'd be a butterfly born in a coal-sack!!! [graphic].
Alternative Title: March of intellect among the black-diamond carriers
Contributor: Fairburn, John, 1768 or 1769-1832, publisher.
Published / Created: [September 1828]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. Septr. 1828 by J. Fairburn, Broadway, Ludgate Hill
Abstract: "Satire with a coal-man singing while playing on a harp, sporting butterfly wings, admired by fellow coal-men."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Later state, with secondary title etched in upper margin. For an earlier state lacking this text, see Lewis Walpole Library call no.: 828.09.00.01+.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark on right edge.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum.
Temporary local subject headings: Dustmen -- Coalmen.
Provenance: Brian Maidment; July 2024.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 24.5 x 34.8 cm, on sheet 27.8 x 35.5 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Edition: [Later state, with secondary title above image].
Language: English