"Elegance democratique" a sketch found near High-Wycombe / [graphic]

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Title: "Elegance democratique" a sketch found near High-Wycombe / [graphic]
Creator: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Contributor: Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Published / Created: [8 July 1799]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. July 8th, 1799, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Abstract: "Lord Wycombe, scarcely caricatured, walks to the left, his head in profile, left hand on hip, right on a club-like walking-stick. His coat is curiously cut, his (striped) waistcoat longer and breeches shorter than the contemporary fashion. He wears a neck-cloth and shoes. His gait is slouching and his dress rather slovenly. Clouds form a background."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
One line of quoted text below title: "Whenever I wish to form a proper estimate of a mans mind, I observe his manners & dress." Lord Chesterfield.
Temporary local subject terms: Male dress: waistcoat -- Breeches -- Literature: quotation from Earl of Chesterfield's (1694-1773) Letters.
Provenance: Sanders ; 1960.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 36.3 x 25.8 cm, on sheet 37 x 26 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1799
Etchings England London 1799
Watermarks (Paper) Edmeads & Co. 1811
Material: etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Lansdowne, John Henry Petty, Marquess of, 1765-1809
Subjects: Lansdowne, John Henry Petty, Marquess of, 1765-1809 > Caricatures and cartoons
England > 1799
England > London > 1799
Edmeads & Co. > 1811
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

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