Elegant attitudes for fugel men [graphic] / J.B. Gearing delt.
- Creator:
- Fores, S. W., publisher
Gearing, J. B., artist - Published/Created:
- [London] :
Pubd. Feby. 13th by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly,
[13 February 1804] - Physical Description:
- 1 print :
etching on laid paper, hand-colored ;
plate mark 41.3 x 30.3 cm, on sheet 43 x 32 cm - Notes:
- Title etched below image.
"J.B. Gearing" unidentified; fictitious name?
Printseller's announcement following imprint: "Folios of caracatures [sic] lent out for the evening."
Dedication below title: "Dedicated to the volunteer associations of Great Britain by their obedient humble servant J.B. Gearing."
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires. - Abstract:
- In the top half of the image, three soldiers in full dress uniform assume exaggerated, ballet-like poses, their rifles in hand; each pose is identified above, left to right: 'shoulder arms', 'present arms', and order arms'. In the lower half, two soldiers also pose: 'charge bayonet' and 'at ease'.
- Topics:
- Ballet
Military maneuvers
Soldiers - Language:
- English
- Genre:
- Etchings--England--London--1804
Satires (Visual works)--England--1804
Watermarks (Paper)--J Whatman--1794.--CtY-LW - Format:
- Image
- Rights:
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- Call Number:
- 804.02.13.01+
- Orbis Record:
- 8426534
- Yale Collection:
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Digital Collection:
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Local Record Number:
- lwlpr03649
- OID:
- 10955226
- PID:
- digcoll:973598