An old man (a caricature of the composer Thomas Arne) stands in front of an ornate organ wearing a bicorne hat, bag wig, and a scowling expression. He plays the musical instrument with his left hand but keeps his right hand in his pocket. At his feet ...
Description:
Title from caption etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd according to act, Oct. 24, 1772, by I. Middleton, Strand
"Scene in a ramshackle garret. A dandy in a late stage of decay crouches over the fire (where an iron is heating) on a small stool, holding out his shirt, befrilled and collared, but sleeveless. He wears tightly laced stays over bare flesh, which is r...
"Satire on fashion. A portly middle-aged man wearing riding boots, embroidered waistcoat and powdered wig peers through an eye-glass presumably at pictures offered at an auction the catalogue of which he holds with his riding crop in his left hand.."-...
"A slim man, standing, 'chapeau-bras', in profile to the right. He is fashionably dressed in a high-collared coat cut back to form tails, and shirt frill; his shoes have very large buckles. His hair is in a queue resembling that worn by the Macaronies...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. as the act directs, 12th May, 1784, by a Lover of Natural History
"A grotesque dandy walks in a landscape in profile to the right, bending at the waist, sucking a cane, left arm hanging stiffly. His features and dress are inscribed with the names of food, e.g. his red carbuncled rose is 'Currant Jelly', his shallow ...
Alternative Title:
Exquisite dandy. Prodigious!!!
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Septr. 12th, 1818, by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Dandies, British, and Staffs (Sticks)
