Gulston, Eliza B., 1749 or 1750-1779 or 1780, printmaker
Published / Created:
May 19th, 1772.
Call Number:
Folio 724 776D
Collection Title:
Leaf 74. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A man standing in profile to right, apparently caricatured for his old-fashioned dress and straight lank figure. His left hand is outstretched, his right holds a sword of which only the hilt is visible. He wears a wide flat hat and bag-wig. His long narrow coat hangs well below his knees."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from the British Museum catalogue., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Ten lines of verse in two columns below title: An ugly face & staring hat, a carcase which has lost its fat ..., Plate numbered "v. 3" in upper left corner and "7" in upper right corner., For an earlier state, see no. 5009 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., Temporary local subject terms: Macaronies -- Male costume: Macaroni hats., and First of three plates on leaf 74.