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

Neck or nothing / Miss Keate delt.

James Gillray
1756-1815

Neck or nothing / Miss Keate delt.

Published

[London] : Pubd. March 23rd 1792 by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street, [1792]

etching with stipple engraving
image: 275 x 211 mm; plate: 351 x 249 mm; sheet: 362 x 259 mm
Peel 2795
Notes
Printmaker from George.
Provenance

Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.

Summary

A satire on high collars and voluminous neck-cloths. A good-looking young man stands full face, holding out in his (gloved) left hand a round hat and bludgeon. His right hand is behind his back and under his coat, which is open to display a double-breasted waistcoat with wide lapels, within which is another collar and a swathed neckcloth tied in a bow. The high collar of his tail-coat adds to the numerous swathings round his neck. His (powdered) hair hangs loosely on the collar of his coat. He wears striped stockings and low shoes with rosettes.

Associated names
Keate, Georgiana Jane, 1770-1850, artist.
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Classification
Department