Heigho! says Thimble [graphic] : written by G. Colman, Esq. and sung with unbounded applause by Mr. Liston in the farce called "Killing no murder!" at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket.

Published/Created:

[London]
Published 16 Septr. 1809 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
[16 September 1809]

Copyright Date:

[16 September 1809]

Physical Description:

1 sheet ([1] p.) : 1 engraving ; 29 x 23 cm

Related Links:

Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8, no. 11525

Notes:

Caption title from letterpress text printed below image (plate mark 18.2 x 22.9 cm).
"Tune-Heigho! says Rowley."
Two columns of verse in letterpress below title: Thimble's scolding wife lay dead ; -Heigho! says Thimble ...
Sheet trimmed to within thread margin of plate mark on two sides.
Plate numbered '510' in upper left corner.
Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. xiii.

Abstract:

"Scene in a London churchyard, lit by a waning moon. An old woman, wife of Thimble, a tailor, wearing a hooded shroud, emerges from a grave beside a spade, pickaxe, skulls, &c. She threatens with two bones the terror-struck sexton who sits on the ground. He had come 'To saw off her finger, and steal the ring'. She frightens him away. The refrain: 'With her roley, poley, gammon, and spinnage Heigho! says Thimble.'"--British Museum online catalogue.

Associated Names:

Laurie & Whittle [Publisher]

Topics:

Lanterns
Skeletons

Language:

English

Genre:

Etchings -- England -- London -- 1809
Satires (Visual works) -- England -- 1809
Songs

Format:

Image

Content Type:

Prints & Photographs

Rights:

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Call Number:

809.09.06.01

Orbis Record:

9159787

Yale Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Digital Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Local Record Number:

lwlpr11196

Volume/Enumeration:

Digital version

OID:

10964607

PID:

digcoll:974063