"An elderly man, his profile caricatured, dressed as a military officer, inspects through a glass a fat man and boy (left), both Dutch, wearing baggy breeches and sabots, who lean against a rail, the man smoking a pipe. A pretty young woman, wearing a high-waisted travelling dress and small hat, takes the officer's arm; her left hand is in a large muff. Behind are the masts of a vessel backed by chalk cliffs, showing that the rail edges a small creek or harbour; on the right are a beam and pulley."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Reissue of a plate first published 10 January 1796 by Thomas Macklin., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: Quizzing -- Dutchmen.
Publisher:
Published Jany. 1, 1809 by J. Deeley, 95 Berwick St. Soho
Subject (Topic):
Older people, Military uniforms, Hand lenses, Ethnic stereotypes, Pipes (Smoking), Muffs, Dogs, and Pulleys
