"So Skiffy-skipt-on with his wonted grace" [graphic].

Description

Title: "So Skiffy-skipt-on with his wonted grace" [graphic].
Alternative Title: So Skiffy skipped on with his wonted grace
Creator: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Contributor: Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Published / Created: [1 February 1800]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. Feby. 1st, 1800, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Abstract: "Skeffington skips forward (left to right); his sharp-featured profile emerges, grinning, from a sharp-pointed collar and swathed cravat. His hair is swept forward in careful disarray, which, with his heavy whisker, goes ill with the black bag which flies outwards. His dress is a curious hybrid of embroidered court dress and knee-breeches, with the recent fashions of gathered sleeves ('Jean de Bry', see BMSat 9425), bulky neck-cloth, and cut-away tails showing bunches of seals. Below the neck-cloth is a double lace shirt-frill. See BMSat 9440."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Text following title: Vide Birthday Ball. See Morning Herald, Jany. 20th, 1800.
Temporary local subject terms: Male dress: Jean de Bry coat -- Wigs: bag wig.
Provenance: Sanders ; Sept. 1960 ;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 25.6 x 19.8 cm, on sheet 29 x 23 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1800
Etchings England London 1800
Material: etching with stipple ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Skeffington, Lumley St. George, Sir, 1771-1850
Subjects: Skeffington, Lumley St. George, Sir, 1771-1850 > Caricatures and cartoons
England > 1800
England > London > 1800
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

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.