Attitude! Attitude is every thing! [graphic].Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker[24 November 1805]eng"Two skaters strike attitudes in the foreground. One (l.), with hands on hips, describes a curve on the outside edge of the left. foot, the r. foot being held out stiffly. He looks aggressively towards the other, a younger man who bends his knees, arms extended, and grins at his rival. The former wears a spencer over a short coat, the latter a tail coat; both wear Hessian boots, but those of the latter, who is more fashionably dressed, reach to the knee and are tasselled. Both hold sticks. In the background (r.) a pair of men with folded arms skate back to back in doing a figure of eight; a third skates forward fast with hands on hips. The scene is a lake in a snow-covered landscape."--British Museum online catalogueTitle etched below image, following series title.Printmaker identified as Gillray and artist questionably identified as Sneyd in the British Museum catalogue.One of four prints in a series entitled: Elements of skateing.Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins.1 print : etching with aquatint on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 24.9 x 35.9 cm, on sheet 28.7 x 39.2 cm.Mounted on leaf 37 of volume 11 of 12.