A nice gentleman [graphic]

Description

Title: A nice gentleman [graphic]
Alternative Title: Exquisite dandy. Prodigious!!!
Creator: Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, printmaker
Contributor: Cruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856, printmaker.
Fores, S. W., publisher.
Published / Created: [12 September 1818]
Publication Place: London and England London
Publisher: Pubd. Septr. 12th, 1818, by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
Abstract: "A grotesque dandy walks in a landscape in profile to the right, bending at the waist, sucking a cane, left arm hanging stiffly. His features and dress are inscribed with the names of food, e.g. his red carbuncled rose is 'Currant Jelly', his shallow broad-brimmed hat (an eccentricity) is 'Calves Head Jelly' and 'Pancake'; the cravat which covers neck, cheek, and chin is 'Puff Paste'; his loose short trousers are 'White Sugar Bags'; his handkerchief 'Blow Monge'; his long spurs 'Gilt Gingerbread'. See British Museum Satires No. 13029. A companion plate to British Museum Satires No. 13057 with the same signature."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Alternative title from text above image: An exquisite dandy. Prodigious!!!
Production of the print was apparently a joint effort by Robert Cruikshank and George Cruikshank, according to the note "By my brother I.R.C. assisted a little by G.C" to the impression in the collection of W.T. Spencer (1931). See British Museum catalogue.
Perhaps a different state from that described in the British Museum catalogue; the latter seems to lack any text in the upper margin. Cf. British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1862,1217.288.
Companion print to: A nice lady, or, An incomparable!!!!
Provenance: Jarndyce; January 2025.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 35.2 x 23 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English