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Poor Sawney In Sweetbriars / Rd. Newton Del Et Fecit.

Poor Sawney In Sweetbriars / Rd. Newton Del Et Fecit.

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TITLE:  Poor Sawney in sweetbriars / Rd. Newton del et fecit. CALL NUMBER:  PC 3 - 1797 - Poor Sawney in sweetbriars (A size) [P&P] REPRODUCTION NUMBER:  LC-USZ62-125039 (b&w film copy neg.) RIGHTS INFORMATION:  No known restrictions on publication. SUMMARY:  Illustration shows two grotesquely caricatured Scots passing on the road, one, a peddler of sewing wares, says to the other who is somewhat emaciated, "What the deel is the matter with you Sawney?" to which he responds, "Deel a my Saul an I can tell, but all the Fat o' my Body has been running thro' my Pentle the last fortnight!!" MEDIUM:  1 print : etching. CREATED/PUBLISHED:  London : Pubd. by W. Holland, 1797 May. CREATOR: Newton, Richard, 1777-1798, artist. NOTES: Forms part of: British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress). SUBJECTS: Scots--1790-1800. Peddlers--Scotland--1790-1800. Weight loss--Scotland--1790-1800. FORMAT: Ethnic stereotypes 1790-1800.Cartoons (Commentary) British 1790-1800.Etchings 1790-1800. REPOSITORY:  Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C., 20540 USA DIGITAL ID:  (b&w film copy neg.) cph 3c25039 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3c25039 CONTROL #:  00650410