"Bond Street, the pavement receding diagonally from left to right, is thronged with fashionable pedestrians. In the foreground five fashionably dressed men advance, forming a phalanx which pushes on to the cobbled roadway a lady, dressed rather for the ball-room than the street, to whose arm clings a little girl; both are in back view. The men smile or leer. The lady's neck diminishes to a point, tresses of hair hang from her turban (cf. BMSat 8755), which is trimmed by a gigantic erect feather. Her over-dress hangs from her shoulders and swells into folds which sweep the ground. She holds a fan. (Small copy in Grego.) Behind (right) three ladies walk arm-in-arm in the roadway: a fat woman in a riding-habit, looking through an opera-glass, and two younger women, one with her face covered by a transparent veil reaching nearly to the (knees, the other looking demurely down. Among the crowd in the background a man arm-in-arm with a military officer in back view (? Lord Moira) resembles Fox."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Politesse du grande monde
Description:
Title etched below image. and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Pubd. March 27th, 1796, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Crowds, Etiquette, Show windows, and Window displays
"Bond Street, the pavement receding diagonally from left to right, is thronged with fashionable pedestrians. In the foreground five fashionably dressed men advance, forming a phalanx which pushes on to the cobbled roadway a lady, dressed rather for the ball-room than the street, to whose arm clings a little girl; both are in back view. The men smile or leer. The lady's neck diminishes to a point, tresses of hair hang from her turban (cf. BMSat 8755), which is trimmed by a gigantic erect feather. Her over-dress hangs from her shoulders and swells into folds which sweep the ground. She holds a fan. (Small copy in Grego.) Behind (right) three ladies walk arm-in-arm in the roadway: a fat woman in a riding-habit, looking through an opera-glass, and two younger women, one with her face covered by a transparent veil reaching nearly to the (knees, the other looking demurely down. Among the crowd in the background a man arm-in-arm with a military officer in back view (? Lord Moira) resembles Fox."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Politesse du grande monde
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 25.0 x 35.4 cm, on sheet 28.5 x 37.7 cm., and Mounted on leaf 8 of volume 9 of 12.
Publisher:
Pubd. March 27th, 1796, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Crowds, Etiquette, Show windows, and Window displays
"An unidentified portrait. A very stout man with small neat features rides a well-bred horse in profile to the right; his obesity forces him to lean backwards. He wears a cylindrical hat, double-breasted coat, frilled shirt, Hessian boots, and holds a hunting-crop."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image. and Mounted on leaf 39 of volume 12 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. 6 April 1813 by H. Humphries, St. James Street
"A French petit-maître stands 'chapeau-bras' (left), in profile to the left, bending forward, his left hand in his breeches pocket, his right hand raised. Behind him are five ladies on their knees, making gestures of supplication. He wears bag-wig, laced suit, and sword. The ladies, who are young and pretty, wear feathered hats or feathers in their hair. He says, "parblue Mesdames vous n'y viendrez pas." Beneath the title is etched: 'With clasped hands and bended knees, They humbly sought the Count to please, And beg'd admission to his house, Not that for him they care'd a louse, But wish'd within his walls to shine, And shew those charms they think divine, His Ex beheld these Belles unmov'd, His A------e their impudence reproved, Cannaille he said shoud ne'er come there & rumped them with a pet en l'air'."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
English ladies petition to His Excellency the Mushroom Ambassador and Politesse franc̦aise
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: French petit-maître -- Male costume: French, 1784 -- Ambassadors, 'Mushroom' -- Swords -- Supplication., 1 print : etching on laid paper ; sheet 18.2 x 24.6 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on leaf 28 of volume 7 of 12.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 4th, 1784, by H. Humphrey, Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Adhémar, Jean-Balthazar d'Azemar de Montfalcon, comte d', 1731-1791
"A French petit-maître stands 'chapeau-bras' (left), in profile to the left, bending forward, his left hand in his breeches pocket, his right hand raised. Behind him are five ladies on their knees, making gestures of supplication. He wears bag-wig, laced suit, and sword. The ladies, who are young and pretty, wear feathered hats or feathers in their hair. He says, "parblue Mesdames vous n'y viendrez pas." Beneath the title is etched: 'With clasped hands and bended knees, They humbly sought the Count to please, And beg'd admission to his house, Not that for him they care'd a louse, But wish'd within his walls to shine, And shew those charms they think divine, His Ex beheld these Belles unmov'd, His A------e their impudence reproved, Cannaille he said shoud ne'er come there & rumped them with a pet en l'air'."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
English ladies petition to His Excellency the Mushroom Ambassador and Politesse franc̦aise
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: French petit-maître -- Male costume: French, 1784 -- Ambassadors, 'Mushroom' -- Swords -- Supplication., 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; sheet 19.6 x 25.1 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Formerly mounted on leaf 73 of volume 1 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 4th, 1784, by H. Humphrey, Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Adhémar, Jean-Balthazar d'Azemar de Montfalcon, comte d', 1731-1791
"A French petit-maître stands 'chapeau-bras' (left), in profile to the left, bending forward, his left hand in his breeches pocket, his right hand raised. Behind him are five ladies on their knees, making gestures of supplication. He wears bag-wig, laced suit, and sword. The ladies, who are young and pretty, wear feathered hats or feathers in their hair. He says, "parblue Mesdames vous n'y viendrez pas." Beneath the title is etched: 'With clasped hands and bended knees, They humbly sought the Count to please, And beg'd admission to his house, Not that for him they care'd a louse, But wish'd within his walls to shine, And shew those charms they think divine, His Ex beheld these Belles unmov'd, His A------e their impudence reproved, Cannaille he said shoud ne'er come there & rumped them with a pet en l'air'."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
English ladies petition to His Excellency the Mushroom Ambassador and Politesse franc̦aise
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: French petit-maître -- Male costume: French, 1784 -- Ambassadors, 'Mushroom' -- Swords -- Supplication., and Watermark upper right corner: J. Whatman.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 4th, 1784, by H. Humphrey, Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Adhémar, Jean-Balthazar d'Azemar de Montfalcon, comte d', 1731-1791
"Copy of a French print. Two fantastically dressed couples dance, but in different manners. One pair (left) dance side by side, the man's right arm on his partner's waist, her left arm on his shoulder. The other couple face each other, the lady leaning outwards, hands on her partner's shoulders, while his left hand touches the back of her shoulder."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Bon genre, 1810
Description:
Title from text above and below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., and Matted to 47 x 62 cm.
Publisher:
Dépose à la Bibliot. Nat., Rue Montmartre, No. 132, et à Londres, chéz H. Humphrey, St. James Street, No. 27
"Copy of a French print. Two fantastically dressed couples dance, but in different manners. One pair (left) dance side by side, the man's right arm on his partner's waist, her left arm on his shoulder. The other couple face each other, the lady leaning outwards, hands on her partner's shoulders, while his left hand touches the back of her shoulder."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Bon genre, 1810
Description:
Title from text above and below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., 1 print : etching & stipple engraving on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 24.4 x 31.6 cm, on sheet 27.9 x 37.8 cm., and Mounted on leaf 83 of volume 11 of 12.
Publisher:
Dépose à la Bibliot. Nat., Rue Montmartre, No. 132, et à Londres, chéz H. Humphrey, St. James Street, No. 27
"Copy of a French print. A fashionable promenade. Two men walk towards each other, each with a lady hanging to each arm, all have their faces concealed by some part of their dress, hat, or collar, or both. One man has a round hat, with a fantastically curved brim projecting downwards. The other has a huge crescent-shaped cocked hat with the peaks dipping over face and back. Both have high, stiff, pointed collars projecting above the high collars of coat and waistcoat. The ladies wear bonnets with projecting scoops or a straw hat with broad contorted brim, with high neck-ruffles. A couple walk arm-in-arm, and in the background two ladies walk away. Another lady sits alone under a tree (left). The men wear knee-breeches. The ladies wear or carry shawls with their trailing dresses; their flat slippers are en cothurne."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker and date of publication from British Museum catalogue., and Matted to 46 x 61 cm.
Publisher:
Dèpose à la Bibliot. Nat., Rue Montmartre, No. 132, et à Londres, chez H. Humphrey, St. James Street
