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Toby, a black merchant seaman who lost all his toes on a voyage between Bermuda and Memel. He became a vagabond begging on Regency London streets with hat, torn coat and sticks. Carriage and road sweeper in the background. Toby, a well known imposter. Lithograph after a stipple engraving by Robert Cooper after an original by John Parry from Henry Wilson and James Caulfields Book of Wonderful Characters, Memoirs and Anecdotes, of Remarkable and Eccentric Persons in all ages and countries, John Camden Hotten, Piccadilly, London, 1869.
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Toby, a black merchant seaman who lost all his toes on a voyage between Bermuda and Memel. He became a vagabond begging on Regency London streets with hat, torn coat and sticks. Carriage and road sweeper in the background. Toby, a well known imposter. Lithograph after a stipple engraving by Robert Cooper after an original by John Parry from Henry Wilson and James Caulfields Book of Wonderful Characters, Memoirs and Anecdotes, of Remarkable and Eccentric Persons in all ages and countries, John Camden Hotten, Piccadilly, London, 1869.
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Image size:
4663 x 7282 px | 97.1 MB
Print size:
39.5 x 61.7 cm | 15.5 x 24.3 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
19TH CENTURY • 19TH • AMPUTEE • ARTFORM: LITHOGRAPH • BEGGAR • BEGGING • BLACK (SKIN COLOUR) • BLACK FREEMAN • BLACK MALE • BOOK OF WONDERFUL CHARACTERS • BUM (VAGABOND) • CARRIAGE • CHARACTER • CITY OF LONDON • ECCENTRIC • EXTRAORDINARY • FREAK • GEORGIAN • HAT • HAT • HEADGEAR • HENRY WILSON • HOMELESS • INFIRM • INJURED • JAMES CAULFIELD • JOHN CAMDEN HOTTEN • JOHN PARRY • LAME • LITHOGRAPH • LITHOGRAPHER • LITHOGRAPHY • LONDON STREET • LONDON • MEMOIRS AND ANECDOTES • MERCHANT SEAMAN • OF REMARKABLE AND ECCENTRIC PERSONS IN ALL AGES AND COUNTRIES • PICCADILLY • PRETENCE • REGENCY • REMARKABLE • ROAD SWEEPER • ROBERT COOPER • STICKS • STIPPLE ENGRAVING • TOBY • TORN COAT • TOWN TRAMP • TRAMP • VAGABOND • VICTORIAN ERA • VICTORIAN • WELL-KNOWN IMPOSTER, A • XIX CENTURY
