Benjamin Holbrook, shown full-length in profile, walking to the left, holding with a long white staff in his right hand, clutching two memorandum books in his left hand, heading towards Fleet Market, with the west front of St. Paul’s Cathedral visible in the background. His eyes being closed and the presence of the staff indicate his blindness, and the patched elbow of his three-quarter-length coat his poverty
Description:
Title from ink inscription in lower left portion of image., Signed with the artist's initials and dated in lower right corner., Numbered "25" in top center., For the related print, entitled "Ben Holbrook, the walking stationer" and published 16 July 1783 by William Wells, see Catalogue of engraved British portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, v. 2, page 542, no. 1., and Mounted with narrow paper mount.
Subject (Name):
Holbrook, Benjamin, active 1783, and St. Paul's Cathedral (London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Peddlers, Blind persons, Staffs (Sticks), and Stationery
A caricature of a blind(?) man walking in profile to the right holding a bundle against his chest with one hand and a cane in the other. A long sword is sheathed at his side
Description:
Title, date, and artist attribution suggested by curator. and For further information, consult library staff.
