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The dandy lion : an exotic lately discovered in a stable yard / I.R. Cruikshank del & fecit.

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Robert Cruikshank
1789-1856

The dandy lion : an exotic lately discovered in a stable yard / I.R. Cruikshank del & fecit.

[London] : Pubd Decr 8th 1818 by SW Fores 50 Piccadilly, [1818]
etching, hand colored
image: 315 x 228 mm; trimmed sheet: 355 x 246 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.492
Notes
Caption title.
A fashion satire.
Provenance

From the library of Gordon N. Ray.

Summary

Print shows Lord Petersham dressed as a dandy accompanied by a groom in livery; he is asking: "Jack do the Ladies Ogle, eh, ha, ha, ha, ha." The groom answers with a grin: "Oh Yes --, they stare very much, at both you, and the Horse." The question evidently relates especially to Petersham's moustache and the whisker which is extended into a short upturned beard, projecting from his high collar. He has the dandy figure of tight high waist, bulging breast, with arms hanging outwards in tight sleeves; his full trousers are gathered at the ankle and strapped under spurred boots. He wears his peculiar hat, evidently that known as a Petersham: low flower-pot crown with upturned brim, making a peak back and front. Behind is a horse and two-wheeled gig, in front of a house identified as Lord Harrington's in Stableyard, St. James's.

Associated names
Fores, S. W., publisher.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Classification
Department