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A prince of the Old School

A prince of the Old School
 1800

Medium
hand-coloured etching
Measurements
25.3 × 19.8 cm (image) 25.6 × 20.2 cm (plate) 25.9 × 20.8 cm (sheet)
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Catalogue/s Raisonné
BM Satires 9558; Wright & Evans 469
Printing/Publishing
published by Hannah Humphrey, London
Inscription
printed in ink (in image) l.r.: J.s (s in superscript above . ) Gillray ad viv fec.t (t in superscript above . )
printed in ink (in image) l.l.: Pub.d (d in superscript above . ) March 11.th (th in superscript above . ) 1800. by H. Humphrey 27 St (t in superscript) James’s Street
printed in ink (in image) u.c.: A Prince of the Old School .
printed in ink (in image) l.l.-l.r.: “ There is an Easineſs of Deportment., and an Elegance of indescribable Debonair, about the Beaus of / “ the Old School, which would be ridiculous for the Puppies of the day to think of imitating”- Lord Chesterfield Letters
Accession Number
1573.22-4
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1946
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Gallery location
Not on display
Subjects (general)
Human Figures Humour and Satire Portraits
Subjects (specific)
caricatures fashion (culture-related concept) gentlemen hats men (male humans) menswear profiles (figures) umbrellas
Movements
Georgian (British Renaissance-Baroque style)