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- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1812]
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 8
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- An obese man in elegant dress struts down Fleet Street as his fellow tailors roar with laughter at his pompous attire. In the background, a woman (his wie?) put signs on the sides of the shops advertising breeches and other haberdashery. A dog barks as he looks up at the elegantly dressed pretender
- Alternative Title:
- Taylor turned lord and Tailor turned lord
- Description:
- Title etched below image., A detail from a 1805 print by Rowlandson: Recovery of a dormant title, or, A breeches maker become a lord., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 29 x 21.9 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on leaf 28 of volume 8 of 14 volumes.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Topic):
- Butchers, Couples, Dogs, Social classes, Social mobility, Snobbishness, and Tailors
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Taylor turn'd lord [graphic]
