A figure of man composed of tobacco products is shown seated smoking a pipe. The products of his trade as a tobacconist are shown on the table and the wall behind as well as parts of his body
Description:
Title from caption below image. and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Pubd. by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket and Printed by G.E. Madeley, Wellington St., Strand
A figure of man composed of tobacco products is shown seated smoking a pipe. The products of his trade as a tobacconist are shown on the table and the wall behind as well as parts of his body
Description:
Title from caption below image. and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Pubd. by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket
Subject (Topic):
Arcimboldesque figures, Tobacco, Tobacco products, and Water pipes (Smoking)
Two figures face each other made of tools, implements, &c. On the left a carpenter, very thin and erect, is composed of a straw tool-bag, containing saw, plane, &c., supported on a pair of compasses for legs. The head is a mallet on which is a glue-pot, with gimlet, chisel, &c. An axe serves as an arm. The gardener bends politely; the body is a watering-pot supported on a pair of shears. The head is a nosegay of roses, &c. tied to a spade; roses and lavender lie in a piece of drapery that serves as apron. A rake and hoe are thrust through the handle of the watering-pot. Below the Carpenter: 'With Bowels lank and Head of Mallet The Joiner longs to taste a Sallad,' Below the gardener: 'Old Nosegay quite alert and busy, Has one to sell and asks a tizzey.'
Description:
Title from verse below image., Variant lacking date of publication from imprint statement. Cf. British Museum catalogue., "Dedicated to the carpenters and gardeners of Great Britain &c &c.", "Price one shilling coloured.", Numbered '89' in upper right corner., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Variant of no. 11822 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, vol. 9 / Mary Dorothy George.
