"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:
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., and 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.
Publisher:
Pubd. March 11th, 1800, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
