Tippy Bob [graphic].
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33182363
Description
- Title
- Tippy Bob [graphic].
- Contributor
- Sayer, Robert, 1725-1794, publisher.
- Published / Created
- [28 March 1792]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Publish'd 28th March 1792, by Robt. Sayer & Co., Fleet Street, London
- Abstract
-
A dandy, with a large hat, walking stick (or bludgeon), and spurs on his boots, stands at the counter of a shop as he turns away from the pretty woman who awaits his order. Three other dandies sit at a table on the right sipping a drink (hot chocolate? or coffee service) and reading. Behind them through a large window is a view of the city
- Description
-
Title from item.
Four columns of verse below image: My name's Tippy Bob with a watch in each fob ...
Numbered "276" beneath lower left corner of image.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
1 print : mezzotint on wove paper ; sheet 35.2 x 25.4 cm.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins.
Tipped in at page 243 in a copiously extra-illustrated copy of: King, R. The new London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality. London : Printed for J. Cooke [and 3 others], [1771?]. - Provenance
- With the armorial bookplates of "Fraser, of Ledeclune, baronet" and "Herbert Henry Raphael" in volume. Sold at Sotheby's, 22 April 1901, to Sotheran. Schatzki, lot 1193; June 1961;
- Extent
- 1 print : plate mark 35.1 x 25.2 cm, on sheet 40 x 29 cm
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Quarto 724 771N
- Collection Title
- Page 243. New London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality.
- Collection / Other Creator
- King, Richard, Esq.
- Collection Date
- London : Printed for J. Cooke [and 3 others], [1771?].
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Satires (Visual works) England 1792
Mezzotints England London 1792 - Material
- mezzotint ; and wove paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Geographic)
- England
- Subject (Topic)
-
Clothing & dress
Coffeehouses
Dandies
British
Interiors - Subjects
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Clothing & dress > England > 1790-1800
Coffeehouses
Dandies > British
Interiors
England > 1792
England > London > 1792
Raphael, Herbert H. > Ownership
Fraser, William Augustus Sir, 1826-1898 > Ownership
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 11651192
- Object ID (OID)
- 33182363