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Licenced to wear the breeches Did you ever see such fool as my wife has made of me?
Title
Licenced to wear the breeches [graphic] : Did you ever see such fool as my wife has made of me? / GM Woodward delin. ; Will Hanlon sculpt.
Publication
[London] : Pub. June 1, 1795, by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly, corner of Sackville St., [1 June 1795]
Physical Description
1 print : etching ; plate mark 30.3 x 24.6 cm, on sheet 39 x 27 cm
Medium
laid paper
Notes
Title etched below image.
Variant state, with artist's name and expansion of printseller's address added to the plate. Cf. No. 8760 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7.
Summary
"A short fat man, much caricatured, stands directed slightly to the right, looking at the spectator, his fingers spread in a deprecatory gesture. He is grotesquely dressed in an attempt to follow the fashion. His long breeches reach almost to his ankles, and resemble trousers. He wears a bulky ill-fitting spencer (see BMSat 8192) over his coat. His hat is round with a curved brim, his swathed neckcloth terminates in a bow. His short striped waistcoat does not reach below the ends of his neckcloth. From it hangs a ribbon in place of a watch and seals. Under his left arm is a bludgeon. Beside him (right) is a small dog. Beneath the title: 'Did you ever see such a Fool as my Wife has made of me?'"--British Museum online catalogue.
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
November 21, 2007
Subjects
Genre/Form
Satires (Visual works) - England - 1795.
Etchings - England - London - 1795.
Watermarks (Paper) - G R.
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