The shadow of a duke [graphic] / Js. Gy. desn. et fect.

[London] : Pubd. June 25th, 1795, by H. Humphrey, N. 37 New Bond Street, [25 June 1795]

1 print : etching with aquatint ; plate mark 35.6 x 25.1 cm, on sheet 46 x 30 cm

wove paper

Temporary local subject terms: Male dress, 1795.

Title etched below image.

From a collection in twelve volumes probably compiled by Francis Harvey and sold at auction, Sotheby, London, June 1900. Bequest of Hugh Dudley Auchincloss to Yale University Library, 1981. Bound by Riviere & Son in three-quarters red morocco with gold tooling and gold lettering on spine.

"A man walks away from the spectator, slightly to the right, showing a whiskered right cheek. He wears a high round hat with a curved brim, sparrow-tail coat, and spurred top-boots. His shoulders are sprinkled with hair-powder (see BMSat 8190, &c). In his right hand is a riding-switch. He is in shadow. On the extreme right is the arm and left leg of a man in the exact position of his shadow, dressed in the same way."--British Museum online catalogue.

English

November 26, 2007