Thomas Topham, the Strong Man.
[n.d., c.1810.]
Ink, pencil and grey wash, pt. watermark. Sheet 130 x 210mm (5¼ x 8¼").
A scene from the life of strongman Thomas Topham (c.1710-49). While at Derby in the late 1730s he twisted a kitchen spit round the neck of a local ostler who had insulted him. This watercolour is copied from an engraving from Wilson's 'The Eccentric Mirror: Reflecting a faithful and interesting Delineation of Male and Female Characters, Ancient and Modern', 1807. Topham later killed himself after stabbing his unfaithful wife.
See Ref: 57245
[Ref: 57246] £260.00
Ink, pencil and grey wash, pt. watermark. Sheet 130 x 210mm (5¼ x 8¼").
A scene from the life of strongman Thomas Topham (c.1710-49). While at Derby in the late 1730s he twisted a kitchen spit round the neck of a local ostler who had insulted him. This watercolour is copied from an engraving from Wilson's 'The Eccentric Mirror: Reflecting a faithful and interesting Delineation of Male and Female Characters, Ancient and Modern', 1807. Topham later killed himself after stabbing his unfaithful wife.
See Ref: 57245
[Ref: 57246] £260.00