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Published / Created:: [25 May 1807]
Call Number:: 807.05.25.01
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Heading to printed verses ... A young woman sits a donkey which is in the sea, refusing to move; she flourishes her parasol. Holiday-makers stand on the sea-shore watching with amusement. In the background one lady is being thrown from her donkey, another is galloping. In the verses a she-ass relates to a mere beast of burden the delights of frolicking by the sea: 'Fashion here tells young lasses to ride On the best walk that ever was seen'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Letterpress title and imprint statement below image., Artist from the British Museum catalogue., From the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls., Three columns of verse printed on broadside portion of sheet: Brother Jack I am going to inform you , of things that ne'er enter'd your head, and I hope that narration will charm you, wherever you're driven or led ..., and Plate numbered '167' in upper left corner.
Publisher:: Published 25th May 1807 by Laurie and Whittle, No. 53, Fleet-Street, London
Subject (Topic):: Beaches, Donkeys, and Umbrellas
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > News from Worthing in a letter from a beast of burden to her brother Jack / [graphic]