Copy of a drawing by Hogarth: A Mr. Nobody. The laughing head of a man in a white wig, wearing a cocked hat; to the neck are suspended by a ribbon a tobaaco-pipe, knife, fork, and spoon. A pair of human legs, in white stockings and green shoes, stick out where the shoulders should be; behind these a pair of oars are placed saltirewise, and tinted pink. A drinking glass hangs by a ribbon from the left leg, a spirit bottle, painted black, from the other leg
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Plate for: Gosling, W. Account of what seemed most remarkable in the five days peregrination of the five following persons ..., Not in: Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.)., and On page 213 in volume 3.
Publisher:
Publish'd Novr. 27th 1781 by Rd. Livesay at Mrs. Hogarth's Leicester Fields
