Fashionable shittlecock [graphic].

Description

Title: Fashionable shittlecock [graphic].
Contributor: Sayer, Robert, 1725-1794, publisher.
Published / Created: [approximately 1786]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Publish'd by Robert Sayer, Fleet Street
Abstract: "The lady in a large hat and ermine-edged cloak (shown in standing and in profile) holds by the toes a tiny 'Fluttering Macaroni', shown with the addition of a large round hat (cf. British Museum catalogne no. 7099, &c.). The lady's haris is loosely curling hair on her shoulders ..."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title engraved below image.
Caption above title: (Alas! what a race of men.).
An altered version of a 1772 print in which the two figures were identified as Miss Catley and the Marquis of Lothian. Cf. British Museum catalogue.
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. ii.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 24.9 x 18 cm, on sheet 30 x 22 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1784
Etchings England London 1784
Engravings England London 1784
Material: etching with engraving ;
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): England
Subject (Topic): Clothing & dress
Hats
Dandies
British
Subjects: Clothing & dress > England > 1780-1790
Hats
Dandies > British
England > 1784
England > London > 1784

Access: Public
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