In 18th-century Lancashire, a poor schoolteacher named John Collier reinvented himself as "Tim Bobbin," a cartoonist whose illustrations mocked the absurdities of society.

Collier died in 1786 with only £50. His gravestone epitaph, written by himself, reads: "Jack of all trades… left to lie i'th dark."

Here, examples from 1810 portfolio titled The Passions. (see all) 00:00/09:18 10

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