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Plate 25 (Payment) & Plate 26 (Farmer and Peddler) : Human Nature Delineated
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Plate 25 (Payment) & Plate 26 (Farmer and Peddler) : Human Nature Delineated

Date1773
After work by John Collier (Tim Bobbin) (1708 - 1786)
Engraver Thomas Sanders
OriginEngland, London
MediumBlack and white line engraving
DimensionsOW: 15" x OH: 10"; Plates: H: 5" x W: 8"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1966-191,6
DescriptionUpper print:
Upper margin reads: "25"
Lower margin reads: "Publish'd as the Act directs June 1773./ T Sanders sculp"

Lower print:
Upper margin reads: "26"
Lower margins reads: "Publish'd as the Act directs June 1773"
Label TextThis is a page from drawing book by Tom Bobbin (pseudonym for John Collier), "Human Passions Delineated, in above 120 figures, droll, satyrical and humourous: design'd in the Hogarthian Style, very useful for young Practitioners in Drawing, by Tim Bobbin Author of the Lancashire Dialect," 1773.

The upper plate shows what appears to be a young school boy of about 15 approaching his father who has a pile of money in front of him. It could also be an apprentice being paid by the master. The bottom plate shows two exceedingly ugly people, man and woman. The man carries a rake in his hand. The woman appears to be a peddlar of household wares such as spoons, measures, and sticks.