As scaling, love impell'd, a lofty wall, One luckless night, he fell in vast alarm, But caught a beam, and haply broke his fall, For which his fall retorting, broke his arm (from, "Steamers v. Stages; or, Andrew and His Wife, an Aquatic Excursion by Steam")
After Isaac Robert Cruikshank British
Engraver Thomas Mosses British
Not on view
The image is one of a series of wood engravings made for "Steamers v. Stages; or, Andrew and His Wife, an Aquatic Excursion by Steam," published in "Cruikshank's Comic Album: A Collection of Humorous Poetry, Illustrated With Numerous Engravings by Robert Cruikshank."