"Heading to engraved verses ... An elderly spinster kneels on the floor in a rough attic room; beside her is an open book: 'Sorrows of Werter' [cf. British Museum Satires No. 7054, &c.]. A man looks in through the thatch that forms the only roof; he overhears her praying for a husband, and offers himself: '"Will a Thatcher do for ye, Miss Wrinkle", quoth he, "Lord thy will be done! I'm content" replied she.'"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image., From the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls., Eighteen lines of verse below title: In a village there liv'd an old maid, who was ne'er known for trifles to fret ..., Plate numbered '459' in lower right corner., and Watermark: E & P. Countermark: 1804.
Publisher:
Published March 12, 1807, by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Caption title from letterpress text below image., Publication information from unverified data from local card catalog record., Letterpress continues: The Little Unknown, with that innate sense of delicacy which so pre-eminently distinguishes ... that none are genuine but those published by Mr. Fores, 41, Piccadilly, where may be had Plate 1 and 2., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark: E & P 1804[?]
