The old beau in an extasy [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- The old beau in an extasy [graphic]
- Creator
- Dixon, John, 1740-1811, printmaker
- Contributor
- Bowles, Carington, 1724-1793, publisher.
- Published / Created
- [1773]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Printed for Carington Bowles, at his Map & Print Warehouse, No. 69 in St. Paul's Church Yard, London, publish'd as the act directs
- Description
-
Title from item.
Publication date from British Museum catalogue.
Eight lines of verse in two columns, one on each side of title: Behold this wretch! A fop at sixty two, a true conceited, ugly, worn out beau ...
Temporary local subject terms: Macaronies -- Old men -- Male dress: dressing gown -- Domestic service: valet -- Furniture: hanging bookcase -- Dressing table -- Mirror stand -- Cosmetics -- Wigs: toupée wig with queue -- Pictures amplifying subject: Narcissus admiring his own image in the stream -- Clocks -- Emblems: window curtain tassel as a fool's cap.
Publication date erased from this impression. - Provenance
- Print Shop ; Nov. 1958 ;
- Extent
- 1 print : plate mark 35.4 x 25.2 cm, on sheet 39 x 30 cm
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 773.07.13.02+
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Satires (Visual works) England 1773
Mezzotints England London 1773 - Material
- mezzotint ; and laid paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Topic)
-
Dandies
British
Wigs - Subjects
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Dandies > British
Wigs
England > 1773
England > London > 1773
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Catalog Record
- 8272324
- Object ID (OID)
- 10716206
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