- Creator:
- Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, artist
- Published / Created:
- 1818.
- Call Number:
- Drawings C889 no. 3 Box D115
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A man and a woman are shown in profile, half-length; their facial features fit together likes pieces of a puzzle
- Description:
- Signed in ink lower left: GCk., Original drawing, basis for a publish print: Sure such a pair were never seen so justly form'd to meet by Nature!!! See British Museum. Catalogue of political and personal satires, v. 9, 13131., George Cruikshank, English graphic artist, 1792-1878., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Topic):
- Couples, Dandies, British, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Sure such a pair were never seen so justly form'd to meet by nature!!! [art original]
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- 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].
- Published / Created:
- publish'd as the act directs, June 1773.
- Call Number:
- 773.06.00.24.2
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title assigned by cataloger., Other prints in the series were designed and etched by either Tim Bobbin or Thomas Sandars., Plate from: Human passions delineated in above 120 figures ... design'd in the Hogarthian style ... by Timo[thy] Bobbin. [Manchester] : John Heywood, 1773., Plate numbered '24' in upper right corner., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Macaronies -- Toupée wigs -- Club wigs -- Nosegays -- Female dress, 1773.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Topic):
- Clothing & dress, Dandies, British, Wigs, Corsages, and Flowers
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [The human passions]. [graphic]. 24