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Robert Laurie (1755-1836) and James Whittle (1757-1818) were London map, chart and printsellers active from 1794 to 1812 trading variously as Laurie and Whittle or Whittle and Laurie.\u00a0Laurie began his career as a fine mezzotint engraver and exhibited at the Society of Artists from 1770 to 1776.\u00a0With Whittle, they took over the large map and print business of Robert Sayer.\u00a0Laurie & Whittle published many atlases and maps and products used for jigsaw puzzles. Robert’s son, Richard Holmes Laurie, succeeded him upon his retirement in 1812, and after Whittle’s death in 1818 carried on the business alone until at least 1840.\u00a0The firm still exists as Imray, Laurie, Norie and Wilson Ltd., which has long specialized in marine charts.<\/p>\n

Oatland’s Ramble, in the Rival Patriots, at Sadler’s Wells<\/strong>
\nSung by Mr. Smith with Unbounded Applause<\/em>1
\nIn Featherbed-lane, I arose,
\nWent to Milk-street, my breakfast to find;
\nTo Pudding-lane next then I goes,
\nBetween that and Pie-corner I din’d:
\nBeing thirsty, I wander’d again,
\nA place proper for drinking to meet;
\nI didn’t much like Water-lane,
\nSo got tipsy in Liquorpond-street.2
\nBut not having here drank my fill,
\nIn Sun-street, I finish’d the game,
\nTill my head it was all Addle-hill,
\nAnd down Gutter-lane sprawling I came;
\nLeg-alley to master I try’d,
\nBut found ’twas all Labour-in-vain,
\nFor, I Stagger’d from side to side,
\nAnd thought ev’ry place Crooked-lane.3
\nAt the Brewers, I got a fresh pot,
\nAt the Tumble-down-Dick had a fall,
\nAt the Green Man and Still spirits got,
\nBut stuck fast in the Hole in the Wall;
\nAt the Shoulder of Mutton and Cat,
\nGrown hungary, I eat like a glutton,
\nFor your Cat, says I, you may take that,
\n(Snapping his Fingers)
\nOnly give me the Shoulder of Mutton.4
\nNow, wanting a good parting cup,
\nA doller I spent at the Crown;
\nAnd being completely knock’d up,
\nBy the Hammer and Hand was knock’d down.
\nIn the watch-house I got, don’t know how;
\nThen being, as quickly I found,
\nAs tipsey as Davy’s old sow,
\nI look’d like the Hog in the pound.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Condition: Generally very good with the usual light toning, wear, soiling, soft creases. Few short marginal tears, professionally restored.<\/p>\n

References:<\/p>\n

“A brief history.” Sadler’s Wells.<\/em> London. http:\/\/www.sadlerswells.com\/home\/history.asp (16 May 2002).<\/p>\n

Maxted, Ian. “The London book trades 1775-1800: a preliminary checklist of members.” Exeter Working Papers in British Book Trade History.<\/em> 2001. http:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/library\/locstudy\/bookhist\/lonl.html and http:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/library\/locstudy\/bookhist\/lonw.html (18 March 2002).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Oatland’s Ramble, Plate 453<\/strong>
\nLaurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London: December 26, 1806
\nBlack-and-white copperplate engraving
\n9.25 x 11.5 inches, sheet
\n$100<\/p>\n

Humorous illustrated song lyrics about a drunken binge in a section of London called Oatlands. According to the inscription, the song was performed by Mr. Smith to “unbounded applause” in the Rival Patriots at Sadler’s Wells, a London theater that has been a place of entertainment since Dick Sadler opened a “musick house” there in the 1680s. In the early 19th Century, Sadler’s Wells was known for pantomime, light opera and variety acts, largely because London’s three Royal Theatres had a legally enforced monopoly on “regular drama.” The illustration apparently depicts the performer singing the song while gesturing toward a scene of the drunken protagonist passed out at a table in a tavern.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":5841,"template":"","meta":{"wds_primary_product_brand":0,"wds_primary_product_cat":0,"footnotes":""},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[956],"product_tag":[42,3622,5868,4928,1512,2435,1610,2288,5869,2736,2735,1673,2737,2140,2656,2289],"class_list":{"0":"post-5840","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-genre-humor","7":"product_tag-19th-century","8":"product_tag-copperplate","9":"product_tag-drunken","10":"product_tag-drunkenness","11":"product_tag-engraving","12":"product_tag-genre","13":"product_tag-humor","14":"product_tag-laurie","15":"product_tag-lyrics","16":"product_tag-oatland","17":"product_tag-oatlands","18":"product_tag-print","19":"product_tag-ramble","20":"product_tag-satire","21":"product_tag-song","22":"product_tag-whittle","23":"post","24":"post-with-thumbnail","25":"post-with-thumbnail-large","27":"first","28":"instock","29":"purchasable","30":"product-type-simple"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.georgeglazer.com\/wpmain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/5840","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.georgeglazer.com\/wpmain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.georgeglazer.com\/wpmain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgeglazer.com\/wpmain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/5840\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16945,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgeglazer.com\/wpmain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/5840\/revisions\/16945"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgeglazer.com\/wpmain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5841"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.georgeglazer.com\/wpmain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgeglazer.com\/wpmain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=5840"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgeglazer.com\/wpmain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=5840"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.georgeglazer.com\/wpmain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=5840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}