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1. [Such things are] [art original].
- Creator:
- Mercer, Captain
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1787]
- Call Number:
- Drawings M553 no. 1 Box D205
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A campanion piece to print of the same title (Such things are. Telles choses sont) which ridicules women's dress. This plate shows four figures of dandies, one with a huge muff, one with a tall cane, all with the high waist, tight trousers, exaggerated ruffles at the neck, fashions that are all of the period
- Description:
- Title and date from print based on this drawing published by S.W. Fores April 2, 1787., Attributed to Captain Mercer: According to Henry Angelo, a series of plates, four figures on each, was designed by Mercer, a military officer, with the title applied from Mrs. Inchbald's comed. Cf. Angelo, H. Reminiscences of Henry Angelo, 1904, vol. 1, p. 328., and Formerly mounted with an impression of the engraving, based on this drawing: See Lewis Walpole Library 787.04.02.04+.
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Name):
- Inchbald, Mrs., 1753-1821.
- Subject (Topic):
- Clothing & dress, Dandies, British, French, and Men
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Such things are] [art original].