Did you . . . take a look at the grand picture? . . . 'T is a melancholy daub, my lord.
Sterne.
Daub"er (?), n. 1. One who, or that which, daubs; especially, a coarse, unskillful painter.
2. (Copperplate Print.) A pad or ball of rags, covered over with canvas, for inking plates; a dabber.