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A dandy cock in stays, or, A new thing for the ladies / I.R. Cruikshank fecit.

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Robert Cruikshank
1789-1856

A dandy cock in stays, or, A new thing for the ladies / I.R. Cruikshank fecit.

London: Pubd Novr 6th 1818 by S W Fores 50 Piccadilly & 312 Oxford Street, [1818
etching, hand colored
image: 321 x 219 mm; plate mark: 350 x 249 mm; sheet: 435 x 277 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.469
Provenance

From the library of Gordon N. Ray.

Summary

Print shows a dandy, much burlesqued, his head bird-like in profile and his hair is brushed up at the back behind his hat to resemble the tail-feathers of a cock. He wears puffed-out breeches and top-boots with enormous spurs, and holds an umbrella. A narrow coat-tail hangs between his stick-like legs. His thin arms in tight sleeves project awkwardly, and he wears short yellow (chicken-skin) gloves; a broad patterned strip hangs from his fob, with seals and watch-key. A sign-post among shrubs points 'To Chalk Farm' [Hampstead].

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