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1. A character [graphic]
- Creator:
- Gulston, Eliza B., 1749 or 1750-1779 or 1780, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- May 19th, 1772.
- Call Number:
- Folio 72 771 D37 v.3 plate 7
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A man standing in profile to right, apparently caricatured for his old-fashioned dress and straight lank figure. His left hand is outstretched, his right holds a sword of which only the hilt is visible. He wears a wide flat hat and bag-wig. His long narrow coat hangs well below his knees."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from caption below image., Printmaker identified in British Museum online catalogue., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Verse in two columns below image: "An Ugly Face & Staring Hat, A Carcase which has lost its Fat. An ill shap'd Coat, too bad for shew Yet Hides the Aukward Legs below. The Sword a Thing not meant for Harm And Therefore Hug'd betwixt the Arm. Whene'er at Court he shews his Face The Breeding Ladies Quit the Place Take him in short from Top to Toe And set him down the Queer Old Beau.", Plate from vol. III: Macaronies, characters, caricatures &c. [London] : Pubd. by MDarly, 39 Strand, 1772., and Plate numbered "7" in upper right corner.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. by MDarly at 39 Strand accor. to act
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Topic):
- Clothing & dress, Dandies, and British
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A character [graphic]
