Mr. Moss in the character of 'Caleb'
Maker
(artist)
1742-1826
(publisher)
(printer)
1742-1826
(publisher)
(printer)
Title
Mr. Moss in the character of 'Caleb'
Date of Production
1877
Medium
Ink on paper
Dimensions
Height: 20.3 cm
Width: 13.5 cm
Width: 13.5 cm
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.4602.104
Mode of Acquisition
Witt Library, transfer, 1990
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
Information not yet known or updated
Inscriptions
Inscription: stamped : ink : upper right margin & recto : later Witt inscription : WITT / LIBRARY //
Inscription: inscription : printed : : upper centre & recto : : MR. MOSS in the Character of CALEB //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower centre & recto : : I'm the DANDY O'. HE WOULD BE A SOLDIER The words [and] Music by / R.T. Crosfeild / Tho' late as a waiter I run up [and] down with bottles glafses / Claret Rum [and] Brandy O now an Officer I'm made I'll have fervants of my own [and] be among the Ladies quite the Dandy O / My Cravet fticks out like a Pigeon's breast / My Hat fo fmart my Sword fo long so Handy O / Like a fheep's tail at each ear my Hair's completely drest / And my Military Cue you see's the DandyO. / My Patent Blue rib'd stockings I wear with a Grace / And my watch chains on each side hang down so GrandyO / With my spy glafs in my hand patch [and] paint upon my face / From my feather to my Buckles I'm the DandyO. / At Concerts and Dances the Ladies I will Court / With words and looks as fweet as Sugar Candy O / And then for fighting Duels O I fhall have charming Sport / Then Dam'me who but I fhall be the DandyO. / And when a Great Warrior I come home I design / With JACOB here to take a nip of Brandy O / For who knows but in time he'll hangme up for his Sign / Then CALEB BOY I think you'll be the Dandy O. //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower right corner within image & recto : : Kay fecit 1787 //
Inscription: inscription : printed : bottom right corner & recto : : 94 //
Inscription: inscription : printed : : upper centre & recto : : MR. MOSS in the Character of CALEB //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower centre & recto : : I'm the DANDY O'. HE WOULD BE A SOLDIER The words [and] Music by / R.T. Crosfeild / Tho' late as a waiter I run up [and] down with bottles glafses / Claret Rum [and] Brandy O now an Officer I'm made I'll have fervants of my own [and] be among the Ladies quite the Dandy O / My Cravet fticks out like a Pigeon's breast / My Hat fo fmart my Sword fo long so Handy O / Like a fheep's tail at each ear my Hair's completely drest / And my Military Cue you see's the DandyO. / My Patent Blue rib'd stockings I wear with a Grace / And my watch chains on each side hang down so GrandyO / With my spy glafs in my hand patch [and] paint upon my face / From my feather to my Buckles I'm the DandyO. / At Concerts and Dances the Ladies I will Court / With words and looks as fweet as Sugar Candy O / And then for fighting Duels O I fhall have charming Sport / Then Dam'me who but I fhall be the DandyO. / And when a Great Warrior I come home I design / With JACOB here to take a nip of Brandy O / For who knows but in time he'll hangme up for his Sign / Then CALEB BOY I think you'll be the Dandy O. //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower right corner within image & recto : : Kay fecit 1787 //
Inscription: inscription : printed : bottom right corner & recto : : 94 //
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