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1. The old mans wish [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [26 July 1792]
- Call Number:
- 792.07.26.02+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- On the right a balding man sits at a well-laid table opposite a parson. The bald man has his arm around the waist of a pretty young woman who stands to his right with her one hand on his head. The parson toastst the couple. A dog sits on the floor near the table on the left. In the background are two pictures that amplify the subject of the print: above the hearth is a picture of a horse, and on the wall to the left (beside a ornate mirror) is a portrait of a bald man in an oval frame
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., Four lines of verse in two columns on each side of title: If I live to grow old, for I find I go down. ... And a clearly young girl to rub my bald pate', and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. July 26th, 1792, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
- Subject (Topic):
- Clergy, Couples, Dogs, Dining rooms, Eating & drinking, Fireplaces, Interiors, Paintings, and Tableware
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The old mans wish [graphic].
