Taylor turn'd lord [graphic] / Rowlandson 1812.

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Title: Taylor turn'd lord [graphic] / Rowlandson 1812.
Alternative Title: Tailor turned lord
Taylor turned lord
Creator: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker.
Contributor: Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Copyright Date: [1812]
Abstract: An obese man in elegant dress struts down Fleet Street as his fellow tailors roar with laughter at his pompous attire. In the background, a woman (his wie?) put signs on the sides of the shops advertising breeches and other haberdashery. A dog barks as he looks up at the elegantly dressed pretender.
Description: A detail from a 1805 print by Rowlandson: Recovery of a dormant title, or, A breeches maker become a lord.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Title etched below image.
Extent: 1 print : etching with stipple on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 30.1 x 23 cm, on sheet 34 x 25 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Format: still image
Genre: Etchings--England--London--1812.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1812.
Stipple engravings--England--London--1812.
Subject (Name): Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Subject (Topic): Butchers.
Couples.
Dogs.
Snobbishness.
Social classes.
Social mobility.
Tailors.

Access: Public
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