Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
The inexpressible air of dignity.
Call Number
D West 49/GC108/Box 02/Normal/Titles F-Z GA 2006.01274
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/tt44pm951
Publisher
London : [s.n.], 1803/03/09.
Language
No linguistic content
Date Created
1803
Extent
1 item ; print 23 x 18.2 cm. plate 24.7 x 19.8 cm.
Source Acquisition
Gift of Dickson Q. Brown, Princeton University Class of 1895.
References
BM 10158
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Notes
Medium: Stipple engravings, Hand coloring
Inscribed in plate, below: "The Inexpressible Air of Dignity, the incomprehensible je-ne-scais Quoi of Elegance, which appertains solely to Men of High Fashion. - Vide. Lord Chesterfield's Letters".
Provenance: Stamped on verso, "Princeton University // Library // Presented by // Dickson Q. Brown '95".
Signed in plate, lower left: "Js. Gillray inv. & ft.".

Discovery Information

Subject
Caricature
Fashion—Great Britain—History—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
Marlborough, George Spencer Churchill Duke of 1766-1840—Caricatures and cartoons
Nobility—Great Britain—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons

Physical Characteristics

File Count
1

Institutional Information

Collection
Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/9fd6b549-61fb-4e0f-9716-48afa642e511/manifest