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James Gillray, 1756–1815, British, Elegance - Democratique, - A Sketch Found Near High-Wycombe; - Whenever I Wish to Form a Proper,- Estimate - of a Mans Mind, I Observe his Manners and his Dress. --- Lord Chesterfield,, 1799
- Title:
Elegance - Democratique, - A Sketch Found Near High-Wycombe; - Whenever I Wish to Form a Proper,- Estimate - of a Mans Mind, I Observe his Manners and his Dress. --- Lord Chesterfield,
- Date:
- 1799
- Medium:
- Etching, hand-colored
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 12 1/2 x 9 1/4in. (31.8 x 23.5cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower right, "[Ld] Wycombe"
Lettered below image, lower left: "Pubd. July 8th, 1799. by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street"; lower center: "'ELEGANCE DEMOCRATIQUE.' a Sketch found near High Wycombe | 'whenever I wish to form a proper estimate of a mans Mind, I observe his Manners & his Dress.' - Lord Chesterfield"; lower right: "Js. Gillray. invt & fect."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1981.25.1011
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:41719
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