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William Davison
The tailor and cobler
Alnwick : Printed and published by W Davison, [between 1812 and 1817]
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.691
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Alnwick : Printed and published by W. Davison, [between 1812 and 1817]
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From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Notes:
Date suggested by Isaac and a BM record for another popular print by Davison.
No. 33 printed at upper right.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark at head of image.
Four lines of verse below caption title: Behold the Tailor full of Liquor, The funny Cobler makes him sicker, No longer he for Ale can call, The needles conquered by the awl.
Summary:
Print shows the tailor and cobbler seated before a fireplace with their backs to the fire. The cobbler is sitting at a table with a glass and tankard in front of him; he is smoking a pipe and blowing the smoke into the tailor's face. The tailor sits slumped forward in a state of evident inebriation and his own pipe lies broken on the floor.
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