"Elegance democratique" a sketch found near High-Wycombe / [graphic]Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker[8 July 1799]eng"Lord Wycombe, scarcely caricatured, walks to the left, his head in profile, left hand on hip, right on a club-like walking-stick. His coat is curiously cut, his (striped) waistcoat longer and breeches shorter than the contemporary fashion. He wears a neck-cloth and shoes. His gait is slouching and his dress rather slovenly. Clouds form a background."--British Museum online catalogueTitle etched below image.One line of quoted text below title: "Whenever I wish to form a proper estimate of a mans mind, I observe his manners & dress." Lord Chesterfield.Temporary local subject terms: Male dress: waistcoat -- Breeches -- Literature: quotation from Earl of Chesterfield's (1694-1773) Letters.1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 36.2 x 25.8 cm, on sheet 45.6 x 29.1 cm.Watermark: Edmeads & Co. 1811.Mounted on leaf 7 of volume 10 of 12.