[An agreeable group of young gentlemen] [art original].

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Title: [An agreeable group of young gentlemen] [art original].
Creator: Newton, Richard, 1777-1798, artist
Published / Created: [1797?]
Publication Place: England
Abstract: A group of fashionably dressed elderly gentlemen engage in a range of activities including reading aided by magnifying lenses, browsing newspapers, and gazing into mirrors. A placard on the wall reads: Young gentlemen instructed in fashionable accomplishments
Description: Title and date based on Laurie & Whittle published etching after this drawing.
For further information, consult library staff.
Provenance: From Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. vii.
Extent: 1 drawing : sheet 17.8 x 25 cm, mounted to 26 x 35 cm
Language: English

Genre: Humorous pictures
Caricatures
Satires (Visual works) England 1797
Watercolors British 18th century
Material: watercolor with ink border ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Older people
Newspapers
Mirrors
Bachelors
Hand lenses
Subjects: Older people
Newspapers
Mirrors
Bachelors
Hand lenses
England > 1797
British > 18th century

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Citation: Richard Newton, An Agreeable Group of Young Gentlemen. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.