"A cobbler flourishes a strap, while a little woman in Turkish trousers and jewelled turban runs away behind him. On the left is his shed and a bench with tools. Behind is a large quasi-oriental building, with minaret and dome. The verses relate how the cobbler thrashed his very small wife who ran away between his legs 'for ever'. They end:'"Twou'd break my heart, to lose my awl, To lose my wife's a trifle.'"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Cobbler's wife
Description:
Title engraved below image., Plate numbered '447' in the lower left corner., From the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls., and Twenty four lines of text between three numbered song verses above imprint: Last week I took a wife; and when I first did woo her...
Publisher:
Publish'd Novr. 12, 1806 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
