A well-dressed man with a distressed look on his face is accosted by two men in his elegant parlor decorated with paneled walls, a carpet and settee. The man standing behind him (a bailiff) holds out a arrest warrant as another man desperately grasps his coat front, his hat at his feet with an unpaid bill presumably
Alternative Title:
Man with two suits to his back
Description:
Title engraved below image., Eight stanzas of a song below title: I sing of a flashy Hibernian blade, Altho' non-commission'd, yet sports a cockade ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Mss. note following author's name: "supposed father of Edmund Kean the Tragedian."
Publisher:
Published 24th June 1800 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Topic):
Actions & defenses, Dandies, British, Interiors, Parlors, and Tailors
"Heading to (printed) verses 'Sung, with great Applause, by Mr. Henry Johnston, in Dublin, Cork, &c. &c.' A pedlar with a wooden leg stands at a street corner, singing, a bottle of 'Irish Whisky' in his left hand, another bottle in his coat-pocket. His open box is slung from his neck, showing a watch, gloves, scissors, seals, watch-keys, ribbons, &c. On the right is a barber's shop: 'T. Trim Hair . . .' with a (torn) paper-covered lamp (as in No. 7605) inscribed: 'Shave well for Penny cut for 2 . . .' In the room above a tailor holding shears and iron looks from the window; a projecting sign is inscribed 'Sam Shred Taylor'. On the pavement outside are a fat doctor, a man leading an ass with paniers, and shouting his wares, a barrister addressing a burly man with a staff. On the opposite side of the road is a puppet-show in the form of a castle, into which children are peeping. A baker's man walks past with a board on his head on which is a pie. The last of six verses: Taylors cabbage all your cloth, Shins of beef are very tough. Flummery is just like froth Mrs. Clarke is up to snuff. Jolly tars are fond of fun, "God save the king", we'll nobly shout. And now, good folks, my song is done, Nobody knows what 'twas about. Right fol de riddle del, &c."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text printed in letterpress below image., Below title: Magna est veritas et praevalebit. Truth is great and will prevail., Three columns of verse in letterpress below title begins: Barney Bodkin broke his nose, Want of money makes us sad. Without feet we c'ant have toes, Crazy folks are always mad. A farthing rush-light's very small, Doctors wear large bushy wigs. One that's dumb can never bawl, Pickled pork is made of pigs. ..., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate numbered '521' in upper right corner., and "Cork" in the title altered in ink to "Gork".
Publisher:
Published 2nd Septr., 1811 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Strt., London
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Topic):
Bakers, Barbershops, Peddlers, British, Peg legs, Puppets, and Tailors
In three columns with title centered above; the columns are separated by simple rules., Date of publication supplied by cataloger., Anonymous. By Peter Pindar, i.e John Wolcot., Verse begins: "A London taylor (as 'tis said),"., Cf. No. T225396 in ESTC., Mounted on leaf 2. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 3.
