John, do the ladies admire me? [graphic].

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Title: John, do the ladies admire me? [graphic].
Published / Created: [1774?]
Publication Place: London?
Publisher: publisher not identified
Abstract: An ugly man with his feet turned in, dressed in macaroni style with tasselled hat, tasselled stick, and a curved sword, stands with an expression of anxious expectation in front of two fashionably dressed young women who appraise him from behind. Another young woman devotes her attention to a handsome young man who smiles as he gazes down at her; probably John of the title
Description: Title from caption etched below image.
Publication date from Library of Congress version under the same title. Cf. LC PC 3 - 1774.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Mounted to 29 x 21 cm.
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. ii; May 1954;
Extent: 1 print : sheet 25 x 18 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1774
Etchings England London 1774
Material: etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): Great Britain
Subject (Topic): Clothing & dress
Dandies
British
Subjects: Clothing & dress > Great Britain > 1770-1780
Dandies > British
England > 1774
England > London > 1774

Access: Public
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