London refinement

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Title: London refinement
Creator: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, artist
Contributor: Fores, S. W., publisher.
Published / Created: [1 January 1787]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. Jan. 1, 1787, by 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: Title etched below image.
Attributed to Rowlandson by Grego.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Companion print to: Country simplicity.
Temporary local subject terms: Foppish young man.
1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 23.5 x 15.5 cm, on sheet 25.5 x 17.5 cm.
Mounted on leaf 8 of volume 3 of 14 volumes.
Provenance: From a collection in fourteen volumes compiled by Francis Harvey and dispersed at auction, Sotheby, London, June 1900. Sold at Sotheby, London, 12 March 1919. Bequest of Hugh Dudley Auchincloss to Yale University Library, 1981. Bound by Riviere & Son in three-quarters red morocco with gold tooling and gold lettering on spine.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 24.1 x 17 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1787
Etchings England London 1787
Material: etching ; and laid paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subjects: England > 1787
England > London > 1787
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

Access: Public
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