"Satire on connoisseurs: a man holds up a candle to examine a painted landscape in a heavy frame, which is held up for him by a yawning boy; the candle flame is shielded by the man's hand."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state
Alternative Title:
Connoisseur
Description:
Title from later state described in the British Museum catalogue., Early state. No title is present; the names of the artist, publisher, and printmaker are engraved directly beneath image; and the publication line with date is at the bottom of the plate. For a later state with title added and artist and printmaker names removed, published in 1776 by Sayer & Bennett, see No. 4621 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Sheet trimmed to plate mark at bottom., Temporary local subject terms: Lighting: candlestick -- Yawns -- Painting: frame -- Candle lighting picture., and Matted to 72 x 56 cm.
Title assigned by cataloger., Plate from: Human passions delineated in above 120 figures ... by Timo. Bobbin. [Manchester] : John Heywood, 1773., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Rustics -- Drinking -- Containers: tankard.
Title assigned by cataloger., Plate numbered "21" in upper right corner., Other prints in the series were designed and etched by either Tim Bobbin or Thomas Sandars., Restrike of a plate from: Human passions delineate ... by Timo[thy] Bobbin. Manchester : Printed and published by John Heywood, 1773., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Money lenders -- Macaronies -- Property deeds., and Mounted on verso is description in verse of the image: Plate 21. My lord at Arthur's sharp'd of all his store, I 'th' morning quested how to finger more ...
Title assigned by cataloger., Other prints in the series were designed and etched by either Tim Bobbin or Thomas Sandars., Plate from: Human passions delineated in above 120 figures ... design'd in the Hogarthian style ... by Timo[thy] Bobbin. [Manchester] : John Heywood, 1773., Plate numbered '24' in upper right corner., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Macaronies -- Toupée wigs -- Club wigs -- Nosegays -- Female dress, 1773.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Dandies, British, Wigs, Corsages, and Flowers
publish'd as the act directs June 1773. and [printed 1816]
Call Number:
773.06.00.24.1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title assigned by cataloger., Other prints in the series were designed and etched by either Tim Bobbin or Thomas Sandars., Plate from: Human passions delineated ... by Timo. Bobbin. Manchester : Printed and published by John Heywood, 1773., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Macaronies -- Wigs: toupée wigs -- Wigs: club wigs --Nosegays -- Female dress, 1773.., and Watermark: 1816.
Title assigned by cataloger., Other prints in the series were designed and etched by either Tim Bobbin or Thomas Sandars., Plate numbered '26' in upper right corner., Restrike of a plate from: Human passions delineated in above 120 figures, droll, satyrical, and humourous: design'd in the Hogarthian style ... By Timo[thy] Bobbin. [Manchester] : Printed and published by John Heywood, Manchester, 1773., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Old women -- Farmers -- Itinerant vendors -- Wares: wooden spoons -- Tools: rakes., and Mounted on verso is description in verse of the image: Plate 26. Old squint-ey'd Nan, who by the paltry trade, oOf selling wooden-spoons and ladles, made ...
Title assigned by cataloger., Other prints in the series were designed and etched by either Tim Bobbin or Thomas Sandars., Plate from: Human passions delineated in above 120 ... by Timo. Bobbin. [Manchester] : John Heywood, 1773., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Clergy: vicar -- Lawyers -- Wine: claret., and Mounted on verso is description in verse of the image: Plate 27. A well-fed vicar tir'd with thinking, and faily overcome by drinking ...
Title assigned by cataloger., Other prints in the series were designed and etched by either Tim Bobbin or Thomas Sandars., Plate numbered '28' in upper right corner., Plate from: Human passions delineated in above 120 figures ... by Timo. Bobbin. Manchester : John Heywood, 1773., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Old men -- Ear boxing., and Mounted on verso is description in verse of the image: Plate 28. Quoth Hal to Dick, I know its true, thou courted Doll, my wife ...
Other prints in the series were designed and etched by either Tim Bobbin or Thomas Sandars., Title assigned by cataloger., Plate from: Human passions delineated in above 120 figures ... by Timo. Bobbin. [Manchester] : John Heywood, 1773., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Old men -- Old women -- Expressions of speech: Darby and Joan.
Other prints in the series were designed and etched by either Tim Bobbin or Thomas Sandars., Title assigned by cataloger., Plate from: Human passions delineated in above 120 figures ... by Timo. Bobbin. Manchester : John Heywood, 1773., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Fighting -- Containers: jug., and Watermark: 1816.
