The elevated ferrule [art original].Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist[approximately 1790]engA well-dressed man walking down the street holds the base of his walking stick and arrogantly points the end in an elevated fashion diagonally to the front. The ferrule catches the brim of a lady's hat and begins to lift it off of her headTitle from letterpress caption below image.Pen and ink drawing on a broadside with text in letterpress and ornamental border.Four lines in letterpress below title: Chiefly belongs to men of consequence of every denomination, and sometimes to those thoughtful gentlemen called absent men; it does less execution than any of the former, though properly managed, it is capable of lifting up the veil of a tall lady, or throwing off a hat as occasion may require.One of a series of six drawings by Woodward with the same typescript heading.