Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

The inexpressible air of dignity [print] / Js Gillray inv. & ft.

Accession number
PML 146431, leaf 044 (followin
Creator
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.
Published
[London] : Pubd March 9th 1803 by H. Humphrey, 27, St James's Street, [1803].
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Title continues: the incomprehensible je-ne-sçais-Quoi of Elegance, \ "which appertains solely to Men of high Fashion." - Vide, Lord Chesterfield's Letters -
Item bound in following leaf 44 of v. 3 of a set of 4 scrapbooks compiled by William Upcott containing prints and portraits, autographs, manuscripts, facsimiles, ephemera and printed memorabilia, clippings, and original drawings pertaining to the lives of notable persons (see PML 146429-32).
Description
1 print : etching, hand col., image: 239 x 198 mm; plate mark: 250 x 201 mm; sheet: 333 x 240 mm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
The Marquis of Blandford walks in profile to the left.on a flagged pavement. He is stiffly erect, a cane held horizontally in his right. hand, his left. arm hanging vertically. He has sloping shoulders and long arms, and wears a double-breasted tail-coat with a high collar and modified Jean-de-Bry sleeve with Hessian boots.
Classification
Department