A rustic retort, or, A wit outwited [graphic]Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830, printmaker[1818?]eng"A dandy presents a clumsy countryman to three ladies, saying, "Ladies this is my Cousin! and tho a country Bumkin, I can assure you he is not so foolish as he appears to be!" The countryman, who is shock-headed, and wears old-fashioned dress with wrinkled gaiters, adds: "No Ladies and that is the precise difference between my Cousin and me!" Both men bow, hat in hand. The dandy has the high collar and tight waist of the dandies, with long tight pantaloons, and has an air of fashion. One lady looks through a lorgnette, two others sit together on a sofa. All wear evening-dress with long gloves. A comely maidservant places a chair for the visitors. The costume is that of c. 1818. On the wall is a half length portrait of a lady in quasi-Elizabethan dress."--British Museum online catalogueTitle etched below image.Date of publication from British Museum catalogue.Two lines of quoted text following title: "To be thought, knowing, you must "first put the fool upon all mankind. Drydens Juvenal preface.Plate numbered "314" in upper right corner.Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 5.