A social satire: a beggar wearing ragged clothes and leaning on a crutch hold his hat out towards a old, well-dressed woman as he says, "My angelic young lady! Heaven preserve your ladyship's beautiful shape and countenance these thousand years! Give a halfpenny to a poor old man." Her face is caricatured, with a large pig-like nose from which long hairs protrude and with growths on her face, but she carries a parasol and is fashionably dressed and wears a feather and flower in her hair and earrings and large beaded necklace
Description:
Title etched below image., Giles Grinagain is possibly a pseudonym of Samuel Howitt. See British Museum online catalogue., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and On verso ms. notes in black ink: 'Renier' and monogram 'AR'.
Publisher:
Published Febry. 1st, 1802, by S. Howitt, Panton Str., Haymarket
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Beggars, Clothing & dress, Crutches, Flattery, Ugliness, and Umbrellas
