"The inexpressible air of dignity, the incomprehensible je-ne-scais-quoi of elegance ... [graphic]

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Title: "The inexpressible air of dignity, the incomprehensible je-ne-scais-quoi of elegance ... [graphic]
Creator: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Contributor: Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Published / Created: [9 March 1803]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. March 9th, 1803, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Abstract: "The Marquis of Blandford walks in profile to the left. on a flagged pavement. He is stiffly erect, a cane held horizontally in his right. hand, his left. arm hanging vertically. He has sloping shoulders and long arms, and wears a double-breasted tail-coat with a high collar and modified Jean-de-Bry sleeve (see BMSat 9425) with Hessian boots."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title from first line of quoted text below image.
Title continues: ... "which appertains solely to men of high fashion." Vide Lord Chesterfields Letters.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Mounted on leaf 3 of volume 11 of 12.
Provenance: From a collection in twelve volumes probably compiled by Francis Harvey and sold at auction, Sotheby, London, June 1900. Bequest of Hugh Dudley Auchincloss to Yale University Library, 1981. Bound by Riviere & Son in three-quarters red morocco with gold tooling and gold lettering on spine.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 25.3 x 20 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1803
Etchings England London 1803
Stipple engravings England London 1803
Material: etching & stipple engraving with roulette ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Marlborough, George Spencer Churchill, Duke of, 1766-1840
Subjects: Marlborough, George Spencer Churchill, Duke of, 1766-1840 > Caricatures and cartoons
England > 1803
England > London > 1803
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

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