Trimmed to image and title only.
Does not appear in George, M.D. Catalogue of political and personal satires preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum.
A young man is assisted by his manservant, who holds a jacket of bright blue material with gold buttons while his master, holding a small box labelled 'Patches', looks into the mirror of the dressing table in front of him and applies a patch to his face, while admiring his own reflection. He wears a voluminous pair of trousers of green colored cloth, tight narrow black boots with spurs, a waistcoat of yellow silk, a white shirt with a very high, stiff collar and a neck kerchief of white material with red colored spots. A monocle hangs on a chain around his neck.. On the dressing table are various bottles - one labelled 'Bloom Water', another labelled 'Rose Water'; two brushes, pieces of linen, several pieces of paper, a pair of red braces and a small volume entitled 'Charms of the Patch'. A top hat lies on a table in the background; adjacent to this a jug and bowl sit on another piece of furniture. Above this, pair of stays hangs from the wall. A framed print on the wall, entitled 'Progress of the Toilet', depicts a maid assisting her mistress in dressing, tightening her stays. Her mistresses looks into the mirror in front of her as she does so. Hanging on the wall in the background is a print of a striding man, wearing a bicorne hat and holding a walking stick; this print has the title 'Dandy' printed within the image.