A satirical broadside, with two vignettes of the "Weaver". On the left the weaver is at his loom his back to his wife who is seated at the hearth warming her hands over the fire. On the right he is shown in the disguise of a Friar receiving his wife for confession as she kneels before him. Two columns of verse below: "A weaver jealous of his wife like many, Still dream't of horns before the Knave had any ... Twas you were the young man the old man & [the] Fryer. Finis."
Alternative Title:
Weaver jealous of his wife like many, Still dream't of horns before the Knave had any ...
Description:
Title from engraved text above image., All engraved., Date from British Book Trade Index., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and With "Pro Patria" watermark.
Publisher:
Printed and sold by Samuel Lyne, map and printseller at the Globe in Newgate Street
Subject (Topic):
Adultery, Weavers, Looms, Fireplaces, Confessions, Costumes, and Monks
Manuscript in Simpson's hand containing fair copies of 26 poems in a variety of genres, many labeled as "Imitations" of published pieces. Titles include "Dedication: To Miss Sally Leaper;" "A Monody in Imitation of Milton's Lycidas;" "The Almshouse: An Elegy in Imitation of Jerningham's Magdalen and Nun;" "A Song Written at School;" "The Servants: A Tale;" "The Degree below Mediocrity;" "To Aurelia--Written Immediately upon Perusal of Pope's Eloisa to Abelard;" "Lorenzo, in Imitation of Parnell's Hermit; and "The Charms of Contentment." "The Happy Quadrumvirate: A Tale" is annotated with the names of the friends described and the comment, "Written when really happy on a suppositious plan of a journey to Oxon." and This group of poems is followed by a short verse and the note: "Stephen Simpson and Miss Sarah Leaper were married in St. Werburgh's by the Revd. Mr. Hope on the 27th of June 1776." The volume concludes with "Edwin," signed and dated "21 April 74."
Description:
Front flyleaf signed, "Ste. Simpson.", Spine title reads "Poems.", and Binding: contemporary (?) full calf; banded and gilt-stamped spine. Red morocco label.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain., Great Britain, and Coventry (England)
Subject (Topic):
English poetry, Occasional verse, English, Weavers, Working class, Books and reading, and Intellectual life
Title etched below image., Printmaker from unverified data from local card catalog record., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Proposed abolition of Chelsea Hospital -- Allusion to Chelsea pensioners -- Westminster electors as geese -- Allusion to the House of Commons -- Signs: sign-posts -- Asses -- Election scrutiny -- Taxes: small beer tax., and Partial watermark top center of sheet: Fleur-de-lis on shield, with initials L V G below.
Publisher:
Pubd. as the act directs by J. Brown, Rathbone Place
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, House, Samuel, -1785, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Wray, Cecil, Sir, 1734-1805, Hall, Edward, active 1784-1793, Chelsea Hospital for Women (London, England), and Great Britain. Parliament
Subject (Topic):
Elections, 1784, Butchers, Weavers, and Political elections
Election man-trap returning from Spittalfields and Election mantrap returning from Spittalfields
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Election favors -- Female costume: Riding habits -- Signs: Sign-posts -- 'Spittalfields weavers'., Watermark (partial) bottom center of sheet: Fleur-de-lis with initials LVG., and Mounted to 28 x 39 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. as the act directs, by J. Brown, Rathbone Place
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, 1757-1806 and Great Britain. Parliament
Subject (Topic):
Elections, 1784, Canvassing, Political elections, Pregnancy, and Weavers
