Dr. Loll Tongue the filching conosieur. [graphic]

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Title: Dr. Loll Tongue the filching conosieur. [graphic]
Alternative Title: Doctor Loll Tongue
Filching connoisseur
Contributor: Darly, M. publisher.
Published / Created: Augt. 1st, 1773.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pub. accorg. to act by MDarly, (39) Strand
Abstract: "Portrait of a man standing in profile to the left. He wears a bag wig, a long coat with large cuffs, and a frilled shirt. His tongue protrudes. His hat is under his left arm. He holds a walking-stick in his left hand, and in his right a print which appears to represent a fight between boxers in a room."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram.
Plate numbered "v. 6" in upper left corner and "14" in upper right corner.
Watermark, partially cut off: Strasburg bend with initials LVG below.
Subject identified in later ms. note below plate: Dr. Maty, well known in the literary world.
Matted to 49 x 36 cm.
Provenance: Old Print Shop; November 1958;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 17.8 x 12.5 cm, on sheet 25 x 16 cm
Language: English

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Folio 72 771 D37 v.6 plate 14
Collection Title: Leaf 98. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Collection Date: [London] : Pubd. by Mary Darly, Jany. 1, 1776.

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1773
Etchings England London 1773
Watermarks (Paper)
Material: etching ; and laid paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): England
Subject (Name): Maty, Matthew, 1718-1776
Subject (Topic): Clothing & dress
Dandies
British
Wigs
Staffs (Sticks)
Subjects: Maty, Matthew, 1718-1776 > Caricatures and cartoons
Clothing & dress > England > 1770-1780
Dandies > British
Wigs
Staffs (Sticks)
England > 1773
England > London > 1773

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