The Englishman in Paris

James Caldwell after John Collet

The Englishman in Paris

London, J Smith, May 10^th 1770

Etching with stipple

Original hand colouring

345 x 250 mm

£280

Above the main title is inscribed L’Anglois a Paris.

Satire on the pretentions of the English to French elegance. A portly middle-aged Englishman sits on chair, his feet not reaching the ground, draped in a protective gown, while a tall French hairdresser puffs powder on his wig; behind is a portrait of a dancing bear being dressed by two monkeys; on the floor is a book lettered, “A Six Weeks Tour to Paris” and from the Englishman’s pocket protrudes “Rules for the Alemande [a German dance]”.