A one-legged beggar and former soldier approaches a wealthy clergyman for alms. Etching with engraving by John Collier, 1770.

  • Bobbin, Tim, 1708-1786.
Date:
May 1773
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43852i
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[London] : [publisher not identified], May 1773.

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1 print : etching, with engraving ; image 22.4 x 23.2 cm

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The pluralist and old soldier. A soldier maim'd and in the beggar's list / Did thus address a well-fed pluralist. Sol. At Gaudalupe my leg and thigh I lost. / No pension have I, tho' its right I boast; / Your reverence please some charity bestow, / Heav'n will pay double --- when you are there- you know ... Tim Bobbin inv. pinx & sculp. 1770 Lettering continues over a further twenty-four lines with the dialogue Bears number top right : 39

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