[Such things are] [art original].

Description

Title: [Such things are] [art original].
Creator: Mercer, Captain
Published / Created: [approximately 1787]
Publication Place: England
Abstract: A campanion piece to print of the same title (Such things are. Telles choses sont) which ridicules women's dress. This plate shows four figures of dandies, one with a huge muff, one with a tall cane, all with the high waist, tight trousers, exaggerated ruffles at the neck, fashions that are all of the period
Description: Title and date from print based on this drawing published by S.W. Fores April 2, 1787.
Attributed to Captain Mercer: According to Henry Angelo, a series of plates, four figures on each, was designed by Mercer, a military officer, with the title applied from Mrs. Inchbald's comed. Cf. Angelo, H. Reminiscences of Henry Angelo, 1904, vol. 1, p. 328.
Formerly mounted with an impression of the engraving, based on this drawing: See Lewis Walpole Library 787.04.02.04+.
Provenance: Old Print Shop; June 1961.
Extent: 1 drawing : plate mark 35.3 x 25 cm, sheet 36.4 x 27 cm
Language: English

Genre: Parodies, imitations, etc
Amateur works
Satires (Visual works) England 1787
Watercolors British 18th century
Material: watercolor and black ink ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): England
Subject (Name): Inchbald, Mrs., 1753-1821.
Subject (Topic): Clothing & dress
Dandies
British
French
Men
Subjects: Inchbald, Mrs., 1753-1821 > Parodies, imitations, etc
Clothing & dress > England > 1780-1790
Dandies > British
Dandies > French
Men
England > 1787
British > 18th century

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