"Three fashionably dressed young men: one sits hat in hand; one stands with a hand on the former's shoulder; the third (right) stands as if displaying a short coat with cut-away tails. All wear tight breeches. Below the title: '"I say Bob! who suffers? Why d------n me that coat's too short for you by a Yard " - O' no matter for that, it will be long enough before I get another" - Aye and long enough before its paid for, eh! Bobby! - ' On the wall is a picture of a fortress-like building."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Coat-ation
Description:
Title from item., From the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls., Other prints in the Laurie & Whittle Drolls series were executed by either Isaac Cruikshank or Richard Newton., Plate numbered '315' in lower left corner., and Temporary local subject terms: Fashion for men.
Publisher:
Publish'd Septr. 22, 1803, by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
