print
- Museum number
- 1856,0308.1305
- Title
- Object: A Cobbler
- Description
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A cobbler sitting on his workbench, holding a frothing tankard of beer, wearing his apron and a soft cap, looking to the right out of his window to the houses across the street. 1786
Mezzotint printed in colour
- Production date
- 1786
- Dimensions
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Height: 510 millimetres
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Width: 355 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Chaloner Smith suggests that this is probably a character well known at the time.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1856
- Acquisition notes
- 1856,0308.1296 to 1328 (with the exception of 1306) are all recorded as 'paid for by Mr Carpenter' which implies that he had purchased them on his own account against re-imbursement by the BM.
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1856,0308.1305