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A dandy fainting, or, An exquisite in fits : scene a private box opera / I R Cruikshank invt & fecit.

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Robert Cruikshank
1789-1856

A dandy fainting, or, An exquisite in fits : scene a private box opera / I R Cruikshank invt & fecit.

[London] : Pubd December 11, 1818 by G Humphrey 27 St. James's St, [1818
etching, hand colored
image: 244 x 345 mm; plate mark: 250 x 353 mm; sheet: 279 x 362 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.479
Provenance

From the library of Gordon N. Ray.

Summary

Print shows a dandy fainting in a chair, supported by three others while a fourth (left) draws the curtain, cutting off a view of the stage where a singer is posturing. The three supporters say: "I am so frighten'd I can hardly stand!"; "mind you dont soil the Dear's linnen," and, "I dread the consequence! that last Air of Signeur Nonballenas has thrown him in such raptures, we must call a Doctor --[a name has been erased] immediately!" The last of them holds a bottle of 'Eau de Colonge' [sic] to the patient's nostril. The fourth turns to say: "I must draw the curtain or his screams will alarm the House--you have no fello feeling my dear fellos, pray unlace the dear loves Stays, and lay him on the Couch." On the floor beside a low-crowned hat is a fan. The four dandies register consternation. All are dressed in the usual manner, two wear wide short trousers, the others tight breeches or pantaloons.

Associated names
Humphrey, G., fl. ca. 1820 publisher.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Classification
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