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1. Fashionable ties, or, Modern neckcloths [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1810]
- Call Number:
- 810.00.00.83+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A macabre caricature divided into two compartments, The Dandy and The Dangle. On the left, a strutting dandy ties his neckcloth in front of a mirror saying: 'I declare these large Neckcloths are monstrously handy, They [serve] for a shirt too and make one a Dandy.' The right hand image is of a dandy, head covered in a cloth, dangling from a wooden beam with a tie around his neck. Behind him is a town square and in the foreground, a crowd looks on. The image is accompanied by the text: 'When a man comes to this there's little to hope, His neat Dandy Neckcloth is changed for a Rope'.
- Alternative Title:
- Modern neckcloths
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Date from dealer's description., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Contemporary manuscript correction in ink of the leftmost speech bubble, with the omitted word "serve" inserted.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Topic):
- Fashion, Great Britain, Clothing & dress, Crowds, Dandies, Mirrors, Neckties, and Hangings (Executions)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Fashionable ties, or, Modern neckcloths [graphic].
2. Full dress for January 1828 dedicated to feather'd race. [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [January 1828?]
- Call Number:
- 828.01.00.03+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A full-length view of a woman in an elaborate costume, with feathers and on her dress and flowers in her big hair
- Description:
- Title etched above image., Text following title: To be continu'ed., Four lines of verse below image: To see our feather'd nymph appear in all her flaunting glittering gear ..., Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed within plate mark with possible loss of imprint and printmaker's signature., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Signed in contemporary hand on verso: ...[?] Porter.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Topic):
- Clothing & dress and Hair
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Full dress for January 1828 dedicated to feather'd race. [graphic]