Print made by Isaac Cruikshank, 1764–1811, British, The Ghost's, or the Taylor Befrited &c. &c. A German Story, 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
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1981.25.1077
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:42402
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