These days almost anything you want to know is supplied by Google. I've
just checked, and I see I made a terrible and dreadful mistake in
2006. Hogarth's Mr Nobody has no arms either --- his legs come out of his ears.
See image on British Museum website, and quote: "One of 10
illustrations to the manuscript by Ebenezer Forrest of Hogarth's Peregrination,
1732; emblematic tail-piece of 'Mr Nobody', with the head and legs of a laughing
man in a tricorne and powdered wig, with a wine bottle, a glass, a trophy of a
knife, spoon and pipe, the whole backed by crossed oars. Pen and brown ink, with
grey wash and watercolour, over graphite. Signed: "W.H.""
Alas, C
In a message dated 09/08/2012 15:30:36 GMT Daylight Time,
chaiselongue@ATT.NET writes:
p.s. and thank you, too Chas W and so on, for the Hogarth information. I
thought I knew the big Hog man, but I have never seen his nobody, excuse me,
his Nobody - or read the joke - what a treat! I must take up a collection of
these nobody jokes!
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Can't resist
mentioning that the "Nobody" joke has tickled others. William Hogarth produced
a fairly well-known drawing of Nobody. This consisted of a man furnished only
with head, arms and legs.
Good Lord !
SIX YEARS AGO ! Nobody's memory is better than mine --- and he runs
faster, too.
Charles