A prince of the old school [graphic]
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Description
- 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
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"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
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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.
1 print : stipple engraving on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 25.3 x 19.7 cm, on sheet 33.6 x 23.3 cm.
Mounted on leaf 25 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 25.3 x 19.7 cm, on sheet 26 x 20 cm
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Auchincloss Gillray v. 10
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Satires (Visual works) England 1800
Stipple engravings England London 1800 - Material
- stipple engraving ; and wove paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subjects
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England > 1800
England > London > 1800
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
- 8246424
- Object ID (OID)
- 11860993
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