"A whole length satirical portrait of a slim and foppish young man, in three positions. He stands (left) in profile to the left, his right hand resting on the head of a high cane and holding a large three-cornered hat. In the centre he stands in back view, his hat under his left arm, his cane in his right hand. On the right he stands full-face, in a rather swaggering pose, cane in his right hand, hat in his left. The three attitudes show the fashion of the day. Hair loose and full over the forehead, a horizontal side curl below each ear, and a tightly-bound pigtail queue. A fitting coat double-breasted at the chest, cut away to show the lower part of a waistcoat ending at the waist; its special feature is an elongated and narrow lapel projecting beyond the shoulders. A ruffled shirt, closely fitting breeches, and low-heeled shoes. In the foreground buildings are indicated."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Description:
Title etched below image., Reissue, with new imprint statement added below image in lower left; previous imprint "London, Publish'd Marh. 24th, 1783, by J.R. Smith, N. 83 opposite the Pantheon, Oxford Street" still present below title. Cf. No. 6342 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., Date of publication based on publisher's street address. See British Museum online catalogue., and Companion print to: The inflexible porter : a tragedy.
"The roofed gateway of a great man's house. In front of an archway (left) through which appears a staircase, an obese porter stands in profile to the right, lifting up both hands to show the impossibility of access to his master. He is addressing a would-be visitor, middle-aged and stout, who faces him with an insinuating smile, hat in hat, pointing with his right hand towards his companion, a slim young man (right), who stands full-face, his right hand in his breeches pocket. The young man is dressed like, and resembles, the 'Modern Fine Gentleman' in British Museum Satires No. 6342, a companion print. His right hand is in his breeches pocket, his left, holding his hat, rests on the head of his tall cane."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state
Description:
Title etched below image., Reissue, with new imprint statement added below image in lower left; previous imprint "London, Publish'd Marh. 24th, 1783, by J.R. Smith, N. 83 opposite [the] Pantheon, Oxford Street" still present below title. Cf. No. 6343 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., Date of publication based on publisher's street address. See British Museum online catalogue., Companion print to: Front, side view, and back front, of a modern fine gentleman., and Figures identified by ms. notes in pencil at bottom of sheet.
Title etched below image., Engraved after a sketch by Charlotte Edgeworth. See page 302 in v. 2 of Memoirs of Richard Lovell Edgeworth., Plate from: Edgeworth, R.L. Memoirs of Richard Lovell Edgeworth, Esq. London : Printed for R. Hunter ..., 1820, v. 2, opposite page 495., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark on two edges.
Publisher:
Published March 30, 1820, by Rowland Hunter, St. Pauls Church Yard
Title etched below image., Engraved after a sketch by Charlotte Edgeworth. See page 302 in v. 2 of Memoirs of Richard Lovell Edgeworth., Plate from: Edgeworth, R.L. Memoirs of Richard Lovell Edgeworth, Esq. London : Printed for R. Hunter ..., 1820, v. 2, opposite page 496., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: Characters -- Man.
Publisher:
Published March 30, 1820, by Rowland Hunter, St. Pauls Church Yard
Title from text etched below images., Engraved after a sketch by Charlotte Edgeworth. See page 302 in v. 2 of Memoirs of Richard Lovell Edgeworth., Plate from: Edgeworth, R.L. Memoirs of Richard Lovell Edgeworth, Esq. London : Printed for R. Hunter ..., 1820, v. 2, opposite page 497., Two images on one plate, each with a caption etched below., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on right edge., and Watermark: 3 1819.
Publisher:
Pubd. March 30, 1820, by Rowland Hunter, Saint Pauls Church Yard
