Tippy Bob [graphic].

Description

Title: Tippy Bob [graphic].
Contributor: Sayer, Robert, 1725-1794, publisher.
Published / Created: [28 March 1792]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Publish'd 28th March 1792, by Robt. Sayer & Co., Fleet Street, London
Abstract: A dandy, with a large hat, walking stick (or bludgeon), and spurs on his boots, stands at the counter of a shop as he turns away from the pretty woman who awaits his order. Three other dandies sit at a table on the right sipping a drink (hot chocolate? or coffee service) and reading. Behind them through a large window is a view of the city
Description: Title from item.
Four columns of verse below image: My name's Tippy Bob with a watch in each fob ...
Numbered "276" beneath lower left corner of image.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss; May 1954;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 35.1 x 25.2 cm, on sheet 40 x 29 cm
Language: English

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: 792.03.28.01+ Impression 1
Collection Title: Page 243. New London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality.
Collection / Other Creator: King, Richard, Esq.
Collection Date: London : Printed for J. Cooke [and 3 others], [1771?].

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1792
Mezzotints England London 1792
Material: mezzotint ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): England
Subject (Topic): Clothing & dress
Coffeehouses
Dandies
British
Interiors
Subjects: Clothing & dress > England > 1790-1800
Coffeehouses
Dandies > British
Interiors
England > 1792
England > London > 1792
Raphael, Herbert H. > Ownership
Fraser, William Augustus Sir, 1826-1898 > Ownership

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