A man in fashionable clothes stands awkwardly on a city street outside the shop of McSight Hatter; he has a distressed look on his face as he holds his hat on. A dog at his feet has an umbrella on its back and turns and looks at the man with alarm
Description:
Title from caption below image., Text below title: Zounds! it pinches me like the very devil!!, Portion of imprint statement illegible due to paper damage; sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Pub. [March], 1826 by T. Gillard, 40 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
City & town life, Clothing & dress, Dogs, Hats, Hat industry, Umbrellas, and Men's clothing
Three views of men's fashionable attire in England circa 1800. They wear Jean de Bry coats, hats, and high, tasseled boots and carry walking sticks
Alternative Title:
Fashions a little before 1800
Description:
Title from item., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Caption title above image: Fashions a little before 1800, and Possibly some additional lettering preceding caption title erased from this impression.
Boatman on riverbank with bridge and buildings behind being greeted by sailor and city gent and "A Thames waterman who thought himself betrayed by his wife and friend is reunited with both, who take his hands, the woman on the left in man's dress, having looked for him throughout the world; on a wharf with oars propped against the walls of a house to left, a boat moored nearby and a bridge in the background."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state
Description:
Title engraved below image., Four columns of verse below title: I was the pride of all the Thames ..., Numbered '295' beneath lower left corner of image., and Print was reissued by Laurie & Whittle in 1794; see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 2010,7081.1120.
Publisher:
Published 10th May 1793 by Robt. Sayer & Co., Fleet Street, London
Subject (Geographic):
Thames River (England), England, Thames River., Great Britain., and Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Boaters (Persons), Sailors, Men's clothing, Friends, and Bridges
