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Ease & elegance
Title
Ease & elegance [graphic].
Publication
[London] : Pubd. Aug. 21st, 1805 by A. Beugo, Maiden Lane, Covent Garden, [21 August 1805]
Physical Description
1 print : etching and drypoint with stipple ; sheet 18.9 x 10.1 cm
Medium
wove paper
Notes
Title etched below image.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Four lines of explanatory text below title: This is not intended to represent any of that grace so bewitching in a drawing room, but merely to assist a fine singer, a good player, or any public characters in the attainment of consequence, so necessary for gaining fortune & fame.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Summary
"Social satire: the actor Charles Dignum stands in a large tricorn hat with one hand in his pocket, the other in his waistcoat; text below explains that the image is to help fine singers, or players, attain the "consequence so necessary for gaining Fortune & Fame", rather than to represent true grace in the drawing room."--British Museum online catalogue.
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Ease and elegance
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
January 08, 2009
Subjects
Genre/Form
Satires (Visual works) - England - 1805.
Etchings - England - London - 1805.
Drypoints - England - London - 1805.
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