Cracking a Joke!!

Thomas Rowlandson British
After George Murgatroyd Woodward British
Publisher Thomas Tegg British

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Two men drink and smoke together, a jug of 'Stingo' on the table between them. The man at right turns up his eyes to see a large louse on his forehead, and says, "Whats that you say Neighbour? You see a Creeper on my Forhead! Come—Come—you Joke!" The older man at left answers: "I tell you what my good Friend if you have any more such Jokes I advise you to crack them as soon as possible."

Cracking a Joke!!, Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757–1827 London), Hand-colored etching

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