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Creator:
Heath, Henry, active 1824–1850
Title(s):
Tit-bit's / selected by H. Heath.
Additional Title(s):
Tit bits
Published/Created:
London : Published 1830 by R. Ackermann, Strand. & 191, Regent St., [1830]
Physical Description:
6 leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 25 x 34 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
NC1479.H43 T58 1830+ Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Engraved throughout.
Cover title.
Each print has etched caption title and imprint; each leaf is comprised of five vignettes with etched legends.
Animals in human costume and situations illustrating the names of dishes and foodstuffs.
Nos. 1, 4, and 6 depict pipe-smoking creatures, no. 6 also a cigar-smoking one.
NSTC, 2H15345
Abbey, J.R. Life in England in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 300
BAC: British Art Center copy is the Abbey copy. Original printed wrappers. Lower wrapper missing.
Subject Terms:
Ackermann, R. -- Publisher.
Anthropomorphism in art.
Caricatures and cartoons -- Great Britain.
Caricatures and cartoons -- Social aspects.
English wit and humor, Pictorial.
Etching, Colored -- Specimens -- 1830
Satire, English.
Smoking in art.
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