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The horizontal guard
Title
The horizontal guard [art original].
Published
[England], [ca. 1790]
Physical Description
1 drawing : pen and black ink within letterpress ornamental border ; sheet 22.8 x 19 cm.
Notes
Title from typeface caption below image.
Pen and ink drawing on a broadside with typeface and ornamental border.
Seven lines of typeface caption below title: Cannot be too much admired, what can be more elegant or graceful than a stick carried under the arm, in a straight direction? But if the ferrule is not kept well plaistered with mud, a great part of the effect will be lost; as the daubing a clean white waistcoat, or a lady's hankerchief, are matters not to be overlooked it is very useful ... or throwing a tray of provisions form the head of a butcher's boy; with many other services equally entertaining.
One of a series of six drawings by Woodward with the same typescript heading.
Summary
A well-dressed man strolls down the street with his walking stick tucked under his arm horizontally with the ferrule pointing forward. The walking stick strikes a 'tray of provisions' that a young butcher boy carries on his head.
Publications
Image later incorporated into an etching by Isaac Cruikshank. Six different methods of carrying a stick with their effects. Published by Allen & West ... Aug. 1 1796.
Variant and related titles
In-house title: Six different methods of carrying a stick with their effects. Compartment no. 2
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
January 12, 2012
Series
Six different methods of carrying a stick with their effects ; compartment no. 2
References
G.M. Woodward, The Horizontal Guard. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
Cite as
G.M. Woodward, The Horizontal Guard. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
Genre/Form
Humorous pictures.
Satires (Visual works) - England - 1790.
Ink drawings - British - 18th century.
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