A French man stands in profile to the right in front of his upturned chair, his hand on his protruding belly as if in pain, as an older woman sits at the table refilling his tea cup. A young woman stands behind the woman at the table, smiling behind a...
Alternative Title:
English manners and French politeness
Description:
Title etched above image.
Publisher:
Pubd. by Thos. McLean, 26, Haymarket
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Topic):
Eating & drinking, Etiquette, Foreign visitors, French, Manners and customs, and Tea parties
A young couple face each other as they begin to dance in a hall lighted by a wall sconce with a mirror and a chandelier. Behind them an older woman looks on.
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Bowing, Clothing & dress, Couples, Dance parties, and Etiquette
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
[21 July 1801]
Call Number:
Bunbury 801.07.21.02+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire contrasting British and Continental customs: a portly Briton bows to an elegant French or Italian man with a long queue apparently in a piazza."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, printmaker
Published / Created:
[179-?]
Call Number:
790.00.00.140++
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Twenty pairs of people, arranged in panels in four rows, the first eight of which are engaged in a range of activities in which the pair misunderstand each other owing to mispronunciation indicating their differences in class. The next four panels il...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Etiquette, Manners & customs, Social classes, Soldiers, and British
"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 th...
Alternative Title:
Politesse du grande monde
Description:
Title etched below image.
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