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"Lullaby!" Sooth him with a Lullaby!, 12 July 1798

 Item — Box: LF104/5 Box 1
Reference code: LF104/5/57
"Lullaby!" Sooth him with a Lullaby!, 12 July 1798
"Lullaby!" Sooth him with a Lullaby!, 12 July 1798

Scope and Contents

Artist: James Gillray. After: E. Blunt. Published: Hannah Humphrey. A lady, ugly and elderly, sits at a piano in profile to the left, playing and singing. Her open music-book shows her 'Song: would you hurt a harm less maid maid I am young and sore afraid afraid'. Beside her in an arm-chair a fat man with short clumsy legs sits impassively. A patterned carpet completes the design. Description from the British Museum.

Dates

  • Creation: 12 July 1798

Conditions Governing Access

Physical item available by appointment in our Reading Room

Extent

1.0 Item(s)

Language of Materials

English

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections and Archives Repository

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