The hen-pecked dandy [graphic] / I.R. Cruikshank fect.

[London] : Pubd. Nov. 7, 1818, by T. Tegg, 111 Cheapside, [7 November 1818]

1 print : etching ; plate mark 24.7 x 35 cm, on sheet 25 x 37 cm

wove paper

Bound in the set of five volumes, formerly owned by Henry Arthur Johnstone. Binding: red morocco with his initials stamped in gold on the front cover in a shield with crossed swords and three floral stamps above and one below; also four floral stamps on spine with volume number and spine title in gold: The caricature magazine. Leather endpapers with his ex libris blind stamped on front flyleaf -- a boat with large sail, with a cutout in the shape of the sun in upper left.

"Dressing-room scene. A dandy stands by the dressing-table (right) making a gesture of rejection towards his wife (left). He is lacing a pair of stays over his shirt and puffed-out breeches. His waist is very small, his bare legs emaciated, his mouth a small irregular aperture; a set of false teeth is on the dressing-table. She is plump and comely, and holds out her arms to him; she wears frilled drawers reaching below the calf, and a long pad across her shoulders to give her short-waisted dress the fashionable line, cf. British Museum Satires No. 12939. A large fire is burning; on it is an iron; kettle and coffee-pot are on the hob. Before it on a towel-rail hang stockings and other garments; top-boots are warming by the fender. A mirror reflects the back of the dandy's head, with its grotesque collar. A high-shouldered coat hangs on a T-shaped stand. On a shelf above the wash-stand a pair of short yellow gloves (cf. British Museum Satires No. 13071) is drying on stands. A doorway (left) leads to a bedroom."--British Museum online catalogue.

Henpecked dandy

English

March 23, 2010

Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 9, no. 13064