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Dr. Loll Tongue the filching conosieur
Title
Dr. Loll Tongue [graphic] : the filching conosieur.
Publication
[London] : Pub. accorg. to act by MDarly, (39) Strand, Augt. 1st, 1773.
Physical Description
1 print : etching ; plate mark 17.8 x 12.5 cm, on sheet 25 x 16 cm
Medium
laid paper
Notes
Title etched below image.
Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram.
Plate numbered "v. 6" in upper left corner and "14" in upper right corner.
Exhibited: "Antiquaries and Conoisseurs in Eighteenth-Century Satiric Prints," at The Lewis Walpole Library, Farmington, CT, October 2004 - May 2005.
Summary
"Portrait of a man standing in profile to the left. He wears a bag wig, a long coat with large cuffs, and a frilled shirt. His tongue protrudes. His hat is under his left arm. He holds a walking-stick in his left hand, and in his right a print which appears to represent a fight between boxers in a room."--British Museum online catalogue.
Variant and related titles
Doctor Loll Tongue
Filching connoisseur
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 04, 2008
References
Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 5, no. 5159
Subjects
Genre/Form
Satires (Visual works) - England - 1773.
Etchings - England - London - 1773.
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