THE OLD MAN'S WISH.
DateJuly 26, 1792
Publisher
S. W. Fores
OriginEngland, London
MediumBlack and white mezzotint engraving with period hand color
DimensionsOH: 17 2/8" x OW: 12"; Plate H: 14" x W: 10"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1996-78
DescriptionThe lower margin reads: "THE OLD MAN'S WISH./ If I Live to grow Old for I find I go Down./ Let this be my Fate in a Country Town./ May I have a warm House w.h a Stone at y.e Gate./ And a Cleanly young Girl to Rub my Bald pate./ Pub.d July 26th 1792 by S. W. Fores N.o 3 Piccadilly"ProvenanceBefore 1996, William G. Hodges [1945-2014] (New Kent, VA); 1996-present, purchased by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).
William Charles
ca. 1810
1826-1840
