The swing in style [art original].
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Description
- Title
- The swing in style [art original].
- Alternative Title
- Six different methods of carrying a stick with their effects. Compartment no. 1
- Creator
- Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist
- Published / Created
- [ca. 1790]
- Publication Place
- England
- Abstract
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A young, fashionably dressed man walks down the street while sweeping his walking stick back in forth in front of him. He has struck a passerby on the shin, the latter holding the injury in both hands wincing in pain. From the caption: ... who must always remember when in action to sing or whistle a tune, in order that the swing may be kept in proper time. By carefully observing these rules, great execution may be performed on the ancles [sic] and shins of every person within the sphere of attraction
- Description
-
Title from letterpress caption below image.
Pen and ink drawing on a letterpress broadside with ornamental border.
Letterpress caption in six lines below image: May be practised with a small cane, switch, or whip, giving the arm full play; the practitioner should be a young giddy fellow, about one and twenty ...
One of a series of six drawings by Woodward with the same letterpress heading.
For further information, consult library staff. - Provenance
- Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. viii.
- Extent
- 1 drawing : sheet 22.7 x 19 cm.
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Drawings W87 no. 8 Box D170
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Humorous pictures
Satires (Visual works) England 1790
Ink drawings British 18th century - Material
- pen and black ink within letterpress ornamental border ; and wove paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Topic)
-
Staffs (Sticks)
Etiquette
Accidents - Subjects
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Staffs (Sticks)
Etiquette
Accidents
England > 1790
British > 18th century
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
- Citation
- G.M. Woodward, The Swing in Style. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 10178508
- Object ID (OID)
- 10731204