Toby [graphic].
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15956821
Description
- Title
- Toby [graphic].
- Contributor
- Smeeton, George, active 1800-1828, publisher.
- Published / Created
- [1 March 1821]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Published March 1, 1821, by G. Smeeton, St. Martin's Church Yard
- Abstract
-
"Portrait of Toby, a black man feigning infirmity and begging in a street, in profile to right leaning almost bent double on crutches, holding out a hat, with a scarf around his head and eyes and tattered coat; with figures in the background, including a road sweeper to left."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a nearly identical print with registration no.: 1865,0114.607
- Description
-
Title etched below image.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Probably an illustration to a book or periodical.
For similar portraits of the same person, see: Catalogue of engraved British portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, v. 4, page 287. - Provenance
- Gift of Joseph Verner Reed (Yale 1926) to the Yale Library, 1958. Portions were transferred to Lewis Walpole Library 1960. For other items from this gift refer to Beinecke Library's GEN MSS 1000.
- Extent
- 1 print : sheet 23.8 x 15 cm
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 821.03.01.04
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Portrait prints
Stipple engravings England London 1821
Etchings England London 1821 - Material
- stipple engraving and etching ; and wove paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Topic)
- Black people
- Subjects
-
Black people
England > London > 1821
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 12752799
- Object ID (OID)
- 15956821