Print made by Isaac Cruikshank, 1764–1811, BritishPublished by Tom Stitch, active 1790
Title:
The Ghost's, or the Taylor Befrited &c. &c. A German Story
Date:
1790
Materials & Techniques:
Etching, hand-colored
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered below image, lower center: "The Ghost's or the Taylor Befrited &c. &c. A German Story | Pub by Tom Stitch Thames Street Windsor"; lower left: "A Taylor I once was as Blith as e'er need be | Untill that the Devil a Monster sure mad me | For Howard so lusty I soon sent him nowhere | But now he is come again to do me over"; lower right: "Last time he appeared to me thro the shop window | My goose being hot burnt the sleve to a Cinder | But now with the hog he is come back from Dover | All this with ingratitude has done me over"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection