D-d Angelic pon honor – Fascinating creature monstrous handsome!! D-m me if she isn’t a Divinity!!

George Cruikshank

D-d Angelic pon honor – Fascinating creature monstrous handsome!! D-m me if she isn’t a Divinity!! for further particulars enquire of the Original.

London, S W Forers Aug 9^th 1817

Etching

Original hand colouring

350 x 260 mm

£180

A slim dandy with a head too large for his body, stands directed to the right, looking complacently downwards, an eyeglass held opposite his eye. In his right hand is a low-crowned top-hat. He has a thatch of curled hair; his face emerges from high collar and deep swathed neck-cloth above a shirt-frill. His high-shouldered short-waisted coat with narrow tails, and tight pantaloons ending above the ankle are black. His low flat shoes have ribbon bows. Behind him are pilasters and a shallow arch.