1592997263000 1536161156000 Standard Record object-225402 1753812152499 1641473035000 1753812119276 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-225402 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/225402 b0c197d0-f502-31df-9c32-89e37280bfc2 5 reference term-98032 adlib-term-98032 82c0807b-e8e4-3d5c-ac68-1a6390880fea print Paintings, Drawings and Prints Portrait of Thomas Hobson, half-length, wearing a wide-brimmed hat, ruff, and cloak, and reaching into a drawstring pouch held at his waist with his right hand. A copy after an engraving by John Payne to illustrate William Granger's, _The New Wonderful Museum and extraordinary magazine being a complete repository of all the wonders, curiosities and rarities of Nature and Art_, R.S. Kirby, Paternoster Row, London, 1802, from where the plate has been taken. The plate mark is visible along upper and lower edges, but has been trimmed to left and right. Lettering above the image: 'WONDERFUL MUSEUM.' and below, 'TOBIAS HOBSON, / The Cambridge Carrier & the first man who Let out Hackney-Horses, / and from whom Originated the famous Adage / "Hobsons's Choice, that or none." / Pub. by R.S. Kirby, Paternoster-row Decr. 1-1802'. The letterpress excerpt about Hobson from _The New Wonderful Museum_ has been cut down and affixed to the left edge of the plate: 'HOBSON'S CHOICE - THAT OR NONE. / A Curious Account of Mr. TOBIAS HOBSON, the celebrated / Cambridge Carrier [...]'. On the verso of the plate, a handwritten inscription in graphite: 'From / the New Wonderful Museum & Extraordinary / Magazine by Wm Granger, vol. 1 [?] Lond. 1802 / Given by / Prof W. Boyd Dawkins / Feb 1928'. P.14793-R 1 accession number P.14793-R 225402 priref 225402 uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/225402 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/225402 reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum Given by William Boyd Dawkins, 1928-02 reference agent-196652 adlib-agent-196652 32c30f64-8bda-3d22-9a2b-1f19e043d6cc Boyd Dawkins, William 1928 1902 1928-02 given 1802 1802 circa 1802 printmaker reference agent-149652 adlib-agent-149652 0d4f90dc-b166-3d4b-b0db-25f4118b6e98 Unknown publisher reference agent-198004 adlib-agent-198004 2dbf3bc5-c0c8-3e71-b3cb-2e9b3baa43be Kirby, R.S. after draughtsman reference agent-104962 adlib-agent-104962 f316b518-76b1-328f-b347-7aff8633f1d9 Payne, John height 190mm (plate) x width 123mm (cut to platemark); height 200mm (sheet) reference term-106853 adlib-term-106853 25492eb4-1164-35eb-8dce-3601486f3415 19th Century reference term-98032 adlib-term-98032 82c0807b-e8e4-3d5c-ac68-1a6390880fea print reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum reference term-9168 adlib-term-9168 6b0c59e1-73cc-3b5c-8e54-56f42806ba6f British

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