Title from caption below image., Series title in letterpress above image; series number appears before title of plate., Printmaker and publication information from series title page on verso of plate I., and One of eight plates of a series entitled: The drunkard's children : a sequel to The bottle. In eight plates / by George Cruikshank.
Bateman's tragedy and Godly warning to all maidens
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Date of publication from ESTC., Verse, known as 'Bateman's tragedy' - "You dainty dames so finely fram'd,". - In four columns, with the first and second as well as the third and fourth columns separated by ornamental rules; the title and first woodcut are above the first two columns while the second woodcut is above the third and fourth columns., Mounted on leaf 69. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 2.
