A young man (left) takes with his left hand the right hand of a young woman, who bows towards him, holding her limp skirt delicately between finger and thumb. Both wear 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 a lattice-work of jewels caught together by an oval miniature.
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And catch the living manners as they rise / [Gillray, "designed by Miss Aynscombe"].
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And catch the living manners as they rise / [Gillray, "designed by Miss Aynscombe"].
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image: 32.8 x 23.3 cm; plate: 33.1 x 25.1 cm; sheet: 34.8 x 25.4 cm
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Peel 2841
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[London] : H. Humphrey, 1794.
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Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
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