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Mr. T.P. Cooke as Long Tom Coffin

Tinsel Print
ca.1825 (made)
Artist/Maker

Framed tinsel print depicting Thomas Potter Cooke as Long Tom Coffin. Full length image of Cooke dressed as a sailor, with a pistol in his right hand and a spear in his left, standing on the seashore with a ship in the background, left, and a rock arch and a hill with a building on the summit, right. The frame painted in grey-blue.


Object details

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Object type
TitleMr. T.P. Cooke as Long Tom Coffin
Materials and techniques
Engraving and watercolour with leather and foil
Brief description
Tinsel print depicting Thomas Potter Cooke in the character of Long Tom Coffin, ca.1825
Physical description
Framed tinsel print depicting Thomas Potter Cooke as Long Tom Coffin. Full length image of Cooke dressed as a sailor, with a pistol in his right hand and a spear in his left, standing on the seashore with a ship in the background, left, and a rock arch and a hill with a building on the summit, right. The frame painted in grey-blue.
Dimensions
  • Framed height: 31.5cm
  • Framed width: 26cm
Marks and inscriptions
Transliteration
Credit line
Accepted by HM Government in lieu of Inheritance Tax and allocated to the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1996
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
S.649-1997

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Record createdOctober 20, 2009
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