London refinement [graphic].

Description

Title: London refinement [graphic].
Creator: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, artist.
Contributor: Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Fores, S. W., publisher.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Published / Created: 1787 January 1
Copyright Date: [1 January 1787]
Publication Place: [London]
Publisher: S. W. Fores at the Caricature Warehouse, No. 3 Piccadilly
Abstract: "A foppish young man wearing a looped hat with cockade, double-breasted waistcoat, ruffled shirt, striped stockings, and low shoes with rosettes, walks (left to right) rapidly but affectedly. His head is turned to the left and he looks downwards; his left hand held up in a finicking manner."--British Museum online catalogue.
Description: Attributed to Rowlandson by Grego.
Companion print to: Country simplicity.
Temporary local subject terms: Foppish young man.
Title etched below image.
Extent: 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; sheet 24.1 x 16.4 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Format: still image
Genre: Etchings--England--London--1787.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1787.
Subject (Name): Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Fores, S. W., publisher.
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.
Citation: Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6, no. 8260
Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 1, page 199