The cobbler turned preacher

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Title: The cobbler turned preacher
Creator: Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
Contributor: Fores, S. W., publisher.
Published / Created: [1 May 1791]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Published May 1, 1791, by S.F. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Abstract: "A ragged cobbler (not caricatured) wearing an apron stands full face on his low bench in the attitude of a preacher. He holds out a dilapidated shoe in one hand, a strap in the other. Behind him (right) are listeners: a stolid man and two elderly and agitated crones. On the bench behind him are his tools; beside it (left) is a tub in which a shoe is being soaked, a hammer, &c. Beneath are etched in two columns twenty lines of verse beginning: 'Behold the Man of Whom 'tis True The Mending Trade, He doth Persue'"--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title from British Museum online catalogue.
Two columns of verse below image: behold the man of whom tis true ...
Temporary local subject terms: Trades: cobblers -- Preachers -- Cobbler's tools.
Provenance: Walter Schatzki; January 1964.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 35.1 x 24.8 cm, on sheet 39 x 27 cm
Language: English

Access: Public
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