James Bick ye Famous Mimick Trumpetter of Oxford 1712.
[engraved by John Faber snr.] [Published by Faber.] Scarce mezzotint. Each sheet: 115 x 105mm (4½ x 4¼"). Trimmed into plate at top, thread margins elsewhere, top left corner torn. A very rare portrait of James Bick (d.1734), set in a circle. He was a ventriloquist and imitator of musical instruments, especially the trumpet, touring the public houses of Oxford. CS: 5, i and ii of ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
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