Foolish Sam an ideot well known about Leicester Fields, Newport Market, &c. : died anno 1773 : his brother is one of the musicians in the Guards / [graphic]

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17356017

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Title
Foolish Sam an ideot well known about Leicester Fields, Newport Market, &c. : died anno 1773 : his brother is one of the musicians in the Guards / [graphic]
Creator
Nebot, Balthazar, active 1730-1765, printmaker
Contributor
Nebot, Balthazar, active 1730-1765, artist.
Field & Tuer, publisher.
Published / Created
[approximately 1868?]
Publication Place
London
Publisher
Field & Tuer
Abstract

"Portrait of a man known as 'Foolish Sam'; whole length, standing in a street in profile to right, with head in three-quarter profile, lips parted, his right hand on his hip; wearing soft cap and ragged, patched-up clothes, stockings and buckled shoes; after a painting by Nebot."--British Museum online catalogue

Description
Title etched in upper left corner.
Restrike. For original issue of the plate, published 1773 or later, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1850,0810.208.
Plate from: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. [London] : [Field & Tuer], [ca. 1868?]
Cf. Catalogue of engraved British portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, v. 4, page 19.
On leaf 74 of: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
Provenance
Gift of Addison Van Name to Yale University Library, 1919. Transferred from Yale University Library; November 1967.
Extent
1 print : plate mark 23.7 x 18 cm, on sheet 43 x 59 cm
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number
Folio 724 836C (Oversize)
Collection Title
Leaf 74. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
Collection / Other Creator
Tuer, Andrew White, 1838-1900, collector.
Collection Date
[London] : [Field & Tuer], [ca. 1868?]

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Portrait prints
Etchings England London 1868
Restrikes
Material
etching ; and wove paper.
Resource Type
still image
Subject (Topic)
Mentally ill persons
Subjects
Mentally ill persons
England > London > 1868

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Identifiers

Orbis Record
15551747
Object ID (OID)
17356017

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