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James Gillray
1756-1815
Neck or nothing / Miss Keate delt.
hand colored etching with stipple engraving
image: 273 x 201 mm; sheet: 279 x 215 mm
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Peel 2794
Published:
[London] : Pubd. March 23rd 1792 by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street, [1792]
Provenance:
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Notes:
Printmaker from BM Satires.
Library's copy trimmed to within plate mark.
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.
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