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.
1 print : mezzotint on wove paper ; sheet 35.2 x 25.4 cm.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins.
Tipped in at page 243 in a copiously extra-illustrated copy of: King, R. The new London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality. London : Printed for J. Cooke [and 3 others], [1771?].
Provenance: With the armorial bookplates of "Fraser, of Ledeclune, baronet" and "Herbert Henry Raphael" in volume. Sold at Sotheby's, 22 April 1901, to Sotheran. Schatzki, lot 1193; June 1961;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 35.1 x 25.2 cm, on sheet 40 x 29 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Collection Information

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Quarto 724 771N
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?].