"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., and 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.
Publisher:
Published March 1, 1821, by G. Smeeton, St. Martin's Church Yard