"So Skiffy-skipt-on with his wonted grace" [graphic].Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker[1 February 1800]eng"Skeffington skips forward (left to right); his sharp-featured profile emerges, grinning, from a sharp-pointed collar and swathed cravat. His hair is swept forward in careful disarray, which, with his heavy whisker, goes ill with the black bag which flies outwards. His dress is a curious hybrid of embroidered court dress and knee-breeches, with the recent fashions of gathered sleeves ('Jean de Bry', see BMSat 9425), bulky neck-cloth, and cut-away tails showing bunches of seals. Below the neck-cloth is a double lace shirt-frill. See BMSat 9440."--British Museum online catalogueTitle etched below image.Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.Text following title: Vide Birthday Ball. See Morning Herald, Jany. 20th, 1800.Temporary local subject terms: Male dress: Jean de Bry coat -- Wigs: bag wig.1 print : etching with stipple on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 25.7 x 20.0 cm, on sheet 34.1 x 24.0 cm.Mounted on leaf 21 of volume 10 of 12.