"Elegance democratique" a sketch found near High-Wycombe / [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- "Elegance democratique" a sketch found near High-Wycombe / [graphic]
- Creator
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Contributor
- Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
- Published / Created
- [8 July 1799]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pubd. July 8th, 1799, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
- Abstract
-
"Lord Wycombe, scarcely caricatured, walks to the left, his head in profile, left hand on hip, right on a club-like walking-stick. His coat is curiously cut, his (striped) waistcoat longer and breeches shorter than the contemporary fashion. He wears a neck-cloth and shoes. His gait is slouching and his dress rather slovenly. Clouds form a background."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
-
Title etched below image.
One line of quoted text below title: "Whenever I wish to form a proper estimate of a mans mind, I observe his manners & dress." Lord Chesterfield.
Temporary local subject terms: Male dress: waistcoat -- Breeches -- Literature: quotation from Earl of Chesterfield's (1694-1773) Letters.
1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 36.2 x 25.8 cm, on sheet 45.6 x 29.1 cm.
Watermark: Edmeads & Co. 1811.
Mounted on leaf 7 of volume 10 of 12. - Provenance
- From a collection in twelve volumes probably compiled by Francis Harvey and sold at auction, Sotheby, London, June 1900. 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 : plate mark 36.3 x 25.8 cm, on sheet 37 x 26 cm
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Auchincloss Gillray v. 10
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1799
Etchings England London 1799
Watermarks (Paper) Edmeads & Co. 1811 - Material
- etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
- Lansdowne, John Henry Petty, Marquess of, 1765-1809
- Subjects
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Lansdowne, John Henry Petty, Marquess of, 1765-1809 > Caricatures and cartoons
England > 1799
England > London > 1799
Edmeads & Co. > 1811
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership
Access And Usage Rights
- 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.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 8195140
- Object ID (OID)
- 11860976
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