Friar Tuck and Little John (Again) With a Slight Change of Situation
Artist
John Doyle
(Irish, born Dublin, Ireland 1797-died London, England 1868)
Printer
Alfred Ducôte
Publisher
Thomas McLean
(British, 1788-1875)
DateMay 10, 1836
Mediumlithograph
Dimensions
sheet: 11 5/16 × 16 5/16 in. (28.8 × 41.5 cm)
image: 10 3/4 × 14 in. (27.3 × 35.6 cm)
ClassificationPrint
Credit LineGift of Dr. Earle W. Newton
Object number2001.1.853
DescriptionA man giving another man a piggy back ride through a body of water. The text bubbles read, "Come my little friend, I carried you over; more than once, now, you shall carry me, you know one good turn, deserves another." and "I begin almost to sink under this greate fellow's immese weight, but how can I help myself? were I to let him down now, he'd swamp me to a certainty."
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