A prince of the old school [graphic]

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Title: A prince of the old school [graphic]
Creator: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Contributor: Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Published / Created: [11 March 1800]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. March 11th, 1800, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Abstract: "An elderly man walks stiffly in profile to the right on a flagged pavement. Under his left arm he carries horizontally a large umbrella. In his (gloved) right hand is a glove. He wears a round hat, his straight coat is not of modern cut; his straight legs are engulfed in wide boots of Hessian pattern but not of fashionable shape. He wears whiskers with a small and neat side-curl and queue."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title engraved above image.
Two lines of quoted text below image: "There is an easiness of deportment and an elegance of indescribable debonair about the beaus of "the old school which would be ridiculous for the puppies of the day to think of imitating." Lord Chesterfield, Letters.
Temporary local subject terms: Clopton, Charles Boothby Skrymsher, ca. 1740-1800, "Prince Boothby" -- Male dress, 1800 -- Umbrellas -- Literature: quotation from Lord Chesterfield's Letters -- Reference to the subject of the print in Horace Walpole Correspondence, Yale ed., v. 12, p. 201.
Provenance: Old Print Shop ; Mar. 1961 ;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 25.3 x 19.7 cm, on sheet 26 x 20 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1800
Stipple engravings England London 1800
Material: stipple engraving ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subjects: England > 1800
England > London > 1800
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

Access: Public
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