A character [graphic]

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Title: A character [graphic]
Creator: Gulston, Eliza B., 1749 or 1750-1779 or 1780, printmaker
Contributor: Darly, M. publisher.
Published / Created: May 19th, 1772.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. by MDarly at 39 Strand accor. to act
Abstract: "A man standing in profile to right, apparently caricatured for his old-fashioned dress and straight lank figure. His left hand is outstretched, his right holds a sword of which only the hilt is visible. He wears a wide flat hat and bag-wig. His long narrow coat hangs well below his knees."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title from caption below image.
Printmaker identified in British Museum online catalogue.
Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram.
Verse in two columns below image: "An Ugly Face & Staring Hat, A Carcase which has lost its Fat. An ill shap'd Coat, too bad for shew Yet Hides the Aukward Legs below. The Sword a Thing not meant for Harm And Therefore Hug'd betwixt the Arm. Whene'er at Court he shews his Face The Breeding Ladies Quit the Place Take him in short from Top to Toe And set him down the Queer Old Beau."
Plate from vol. III: Macaronies, characters, caricatures &c. [London] : Pubd. by MDarly, 39 Strand, 1772.
Plate numbered "7" in upper right corner.
Provenance: Old Print Shop; November 1958;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 17.9 x 12.6 cm, on sheet 25.0 x 15.2 cm
Edition: [State without volume number].
Language: English

Genre: Amateur works
Satires (Visual works) England 1772
Etchings England London 1772
Material: etching ; and laid paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): England
Subject (Topic): Clothing & dress
Dandies
British
Subjects: Clothing & dress > England > 1770-1780
Dandies > British
England > 1772
England > London > 1772

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