Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Heath, Henry, active 1824-1850
Title:
Tit-bit's / selected by H. Heath.
Alternate Title(s):
Tit bits
Published / Created:
London : Published 1830 by R. Ackermann, Strand. & 191, Regent St., [1830]
Physical Description:
6 leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 25 x 34 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
NC1479.H43 T58 1830+ Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Engraved throughout.

Cover title.

Each print has etched caption title and imprint; each leaf is comprised of five vignettes with etched legends.

Animals in human costume and situations illustrating the names of dishes and foodstuffs.

Nos. 1, 4, and 6 depict pipe-smoking creatures, no. 6 also a cigar-smoking one.

NSTC, 2H15345

Abbey, J.R. Life in England in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 300

BAC: British Art Center copy is the Abbey copy. Original printed wrappers. Lower wrapper missing.
Subject Terms:
English wit and humor, Pictorial. | Caricatures and cartoons -- Great Britain. | Caricatures and cartoons -- Social aspects. | Satire, English. | Anthropomorphism in art. | Smoking in art. | Ackermann, R. -- Publisher. | Etching, Colored -- Specimens -- 1830