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"And catch the living manners as they rise"

James Gillray
1756-1815

"And catch the living manners as they rise"

[London] : Pubd. May 7th, 1794, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street, [1794]
etching and aquatint, hand colored
image: 300 x 231 mm; sheet: 351 x 248 mm, trimmed to plate mark
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.393
Notes
Etched by James Gillray after a design by Miss Aynscombe. Cf. George.
Provenance

From the library of Gordon N. Ray.

Summary

Print shows a young man and woman holding hands and wearing burlesqued versions of the newest fashions. He wears a striped sleeveless vest or waistcoat made in one piece with a pair of pantaloons which reach below his calves where they are tied with bunches of ribbon. A voluminous swathed neckcloth conceals his chin. His powdered hair is frizzed on his head with a long queue. He holds a round hat and a bludgeon in his right hand. She wears in her hair three extravagantly long ostrich feathers, which rise from a small cap or turban and sweep across the design, with an erect brush-aigrette ; long tresses issue from the turban with the feathers and fall below her waist. Her limp high-waisted dress with short sleeves falls from below uncovered breasts, which are decked with jewels caught together by an oval miniature.

Associated names
Aynscombe, V., Miss, designer.
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Ray, Gordon N. (Gordon Norton), 1915-1986, former owner.
Classification
Department