A beau 1700 A beau 1791. [graphic]

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Title: A beau 1700 A beau 1791. [graphic]
Alternative Title: Beau 1791
Contributor: Fourdrinier, Charles, -1811, publisher.
Published / Created: [22 November 1791]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Publish'd Novr. 22, 1791, by C. Fourdrinier, Junr., Charing Cross
Abstract: Two superimposed prints connected at the top edge by a paper hinge. The face of the print on top (Beau 1700) has been cut out to show the face of Beau 1791. Each is fashionably dressed in the respective styles of the period
Description: Title engraved above images.
Sheets trimmed mostly within plate mark.
Two lines of verse below Beau 1700: Then the full flaxen wig, spread o'er the shoulders ...
Two lines of verse below Beau 1791: But now the whole's revers'd -- each fop appears ...
Watermark.
Provenance: From an album of 12 prints with the armorial bookplate of Thomas Philip Robinson, Earl de Grey, 1781-1859. Parsons; February 1933;
Extent: 2 prints : sheet 21 x 12 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1791
Engravings England London 1791
Stipple engravings England London 1791
Etchings England London 1791
Material: etching, engraving & stipple engraving ;
Subject (Topic): Clothing & dress
Dandies
British
Subjects: Clothing & dress
Dandies > British
England > 1791
England > London > 1791

Access: Public
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