Caption title., An account of a marriage between a black man and a white servant in Bristol at the beginning of the 19th century. The handbill ostensibly supports the union but also perpetuates racial stereotypes and mocks the proceedings., First line: There's no accounting for Love; -- when once the little God Cupid, shoots his arrow into a maiden's heart, it is all over! ..., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
H. Bonner, printer, No. 4, Narrow Wine-Street, Bristol
Title from text below image., Artist identified as "Miss E. Dubuisson" and date given as approximately 1830 in the catalog record for the full series of prints at Harvard's Houghton Library: Sketches of character. The Mufflechop Family No.1-12. W. & J.O. Clerk are identified as the lithographers. The same artist attribution and dating is noted by Christine Thomson in her catalogue of color plate books in the collection of Norman R. Bobins., Third in a series of twelve comical prints telling the story of Mr. and Mrs. Mufflechop, beginning with their engagement and ending with their first child going off to school., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum.
Publisher:
Published by T. Pewtress, 67 Newington Causeway, & Ackermannn [sic] & Co., 96 Strand
