The old beau in an extasy [graphic]

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Title: The old beau in an extasy [graphic]
Creator: Dixon, John, 1740-1811, printmaker
Contributor: Bowles, Carington, 1724-1793, publisher.
Published / Created: [1773]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Printed for Carington Bowles, at his Map & Print Warehouse, No. 69 in St. Paul's Church Yard, London, publish'd as the act directs
Description: Title from item.
Publication date from British Museum catalogue.
Eight lines of verse in two columns, one on each side of title: Behold this wretch! A fop at sixty two, a true conceited, ugly, worn out beau ...
Temporary local subject terms: Macaronies -- Old men -- Male dress: dressing gown -- Domestic service: valet -- Furniture: hanging bookcase -- Dressing table -- Mirror stand -- Cosmetics -- Wigs: toupée wig with queue -- Pictures amplifying subject: Narcissus admiring his own image in the stream -- Clocks -- Emblems: window curtain tassel as a fool's cap.
Publication date erased from this impression.
Provenance: Print Shop ; Nov. 1958 ;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 35.4 x 25.2 cm, on sheet 39 x 30 cm
Language: English

Access: Public
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