Volume 2, page 99. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The beggar kneeling to left, holding a stick, his hat on the ground in front of him, at right a dog jumping up at a woman; after a drawing by Henry William Bunbury."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., "First state before letters of title filled in"--British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1888,0716.240., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Eight lines of verse in two columns below image: A blind beggar that had long lost his sight, he had a fair daughter of beauty most bright, and many a gallant brave suitor had she, for none was so comely as pretty Bessey ..., Illustration to the anonymous ballad 'The blind beggar of Bethnal Green'., and Mounted on page 99 in volume 2 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Publisher:
Publish'd Augt. 20, 1790, by T. Macklin, Poets Gallery, Fleet Street
Title etched below image., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Vendors: pig pie vendor.