A Cure for Love. No Cure No Pay.

Method Etching with hand colouring
Artist after George Moutard Woodward
Published 1819
Dimensions Image 327 x 227 mm, Sheet 340 x 244 mm
Notes Below image the inscription: "The one end of a Rope, fasten over a beam /And make a slip noose at the other extreme./Then just underneath let a Cricket be set/ On which let the lover most manfully get, / Then over his Head let the Snickett be got.,/ And under one ear be well settled the Knot, /The Cricket Kick'd down, let him take a fair swing/ And leave all the rest to the work of the string."

BM Satires: 13454

Condition: A few worn patches to image, staining to verso.
Framing mounted
Price £200.00
Stock ID 23931

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