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Tom Tack's Ghost.

Tom Tack's Ghost.I Courted Polly of Spithead, / And ax'd her to be married; / At first she was most cruel kind [...] 38

London, Pub. by T. Tegg 111 Cheapside, Feb. 7 1808
Etching with hand-colouring, platemark 270 x 205mm (10½ x 8"). Trimmed to platemark on right.
Etching illustrating a popular song (the words to which printed below) in which a sailor recounts how he shot Tom Tack, a rival for his love Polly, only to be tormented by his ghost. As the illustration shows, the 'ghost' was Tom Tack, not dead but wearing a white sheet to disguise himself. Etching by Charles Williams, one of a number of prints in this format by Williams and his contemporary Thomas Rowlandson published by Thomas Tegg circa 1808-9.
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