![An Exquisite alias Dandy's in Distress! A Correspondent furnishes us with the following picture of an Exquisite alias a Dandy in distress, "Walking in one of the Squares last week [,] it was my fate to follow an Exquisite - stocked and stayed laced and bound collared and pilloried in all the fashion, so slender, so straight and so stiff that a man of ordinary strength might have used it as a walking stick. This thing flourishing a very nice perfumed handkerchief happened to let it drop; the question was how to get it up again; stoop it could not, and I confess I enjoyed its distress; for tho' for any other female I would have raised the handkerchief with alacrity, I wish'd to see how this creature would help itself. Then thus it was : having eyed the handkerchief askance, something like a Magpie peeping into a marrow-bone, it gently spraddled outs its legs, and lowering the body between them it brought the left hand in contact with the object sought. What shall we say to the association of ideas, when I assure you, that looking on this unmanly figure, brought into my mind the Knights of old, who when once unhorsed, could never from the weight and stiffness of their Armour hope to mount again". N.B. It is found remarkably convenient in such a case for the Exquisite to carry a cane or stick with a hook at the end, as he may fish up any thing he unfortunately drops without breaking his back or exciting the pity or visibility of the spectators.---](/IIIF/000780000/000770746/vtls000770746_001.jp2/full/800,/0/default.jpg)
An Exquisite alias Dandy's in Distress!
A Correspondent furnishes us with the following picture of an Exquisite alias a Dandy in distress, "Walking in one of the Squares last week [,] it was my fate to follow an Exquisite - stocked and stayed laced and bound collared and pilloried in all the fashion, so slender, so straight and so stiff that a man of ordinary strength might have used it as a walking stick. This thing flourishing a very nice perfumed handkerchief happened to let it drop; the question was how to get it up again; stoop it could not, and I confess I enjoyed its distress; for tho' for any other female I would have raised the handkerchief with alacrity, I wish'd to see how this creature would help itself. Then thus it was : having eyed the handkerchief askance, something like a Magpie peeping into a marrow-bone, it gently spraddled outs its legs, and lowering the body between them it brought the left hand in contact with the object sought. What shall we say to the association of ideas, when I assure you, that looking on this unmanly figure, brought into my mind the Knights of old, who when once unhorsed, could never from the weight and stiffness of their Armour hope to mount again". N.B. It is found remarkably convenient in such a case for the Exquisite to carry a cane or stick with a hook at the end, as he may fish up any thing he unfortunately drops without breaking his back or exciting the pity or visibility of the spectators.---
Publish'd by J. Le Petit 20 Capel St. Dublin.
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| Summary: | Lettered with title "An Exquisite alias Dandy in Distress" and publication line "Publish'd by J. Le Petit 20 Capel St. Dublin" inscribed within plate underneath engraved body of text. Social satire featuring the depiction of a young man (the dandy of the title), who attempts to pick up a handkerchief from the footpath with some difficulty (as his trousers are too tight for him to behind to pick it up). In the Georgian townhouse behind him, a gentleman (wearing military uniform) and a young woman (wearing a high waisted white muslin dress) stand at an open sash window, observing the scene with some merriment while on the street two other men sneeringly observe the scene. |
| In collection: | Volume two of a collection of caricatures, mainly set in Dublin |
| Format: | Prints & Drawings |
| Language: | English |
| Published / Created: |
Dublin :
J. Le Petit 20 Capel St.,
[n.d., ca. 1815-1820?].
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| Notes: | Physical description: 1 print : hand-coloured etching, image 24.6 x 21.4 cm., on sheet 34.8 x 24.5 cm. [cropped within platemark], mounted in album on sheet 37.2 x 27.8 cm.. |
| Arrangement: | Item |
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An Exquisite alias Dandy's in Distress! A Correspondent furnishes us with the following picture of an Exquisite alias a Dandy in distress, "Walking in one of the Squares last week [,] it was my fate to follow an Exquisite - stocked and stayed laced and bound collared and pilloried in all the fashion, so slender, so straight and so stiff that a man of ordinary strength might have used it as a walking stick. This thing flourishing a very nice perfumed handkerchief happened to let it drop; the question was how to get it up again; stoop it could not, and I confess I enjoyed its distress; for tho' for any other female I would have raised the handkerchief with alacrity, I wish'd to see how this creature would help itself. Then thus it was : having eyed the handkerchief askance, something like a Magpie peeping into a marrow-bone, it gently spraddled outs its legs, and lowering the body between them it brought the left hand in contact with the object sought. What shall we say to the association of ideas, when I assure you, that looking on this unmanly figure, brought into my mind the Knights of old, who when once unhorsed, could never from the weight and stiffness of their Armour hope to mount again". N.B. It is found remarkably convenient in such a case for the Exquisite to carry a cane or stick with a hook at the end, as he may fish up any thing he unfortunately drops without breaking his back or exciting the pity or visibility of the spectators.---
Publish'd by J. Le Petit 20 Capel St. Dublin.
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| In Collection: | Volume two of a collection of caricatures, mainly set in Dublin |
|---|---|
| Description: | Lettered with title "An Exquisite alias Dandy in Distress" and publication line "Publish'd by J. Le Petit 20 Capel St. Dublin" inscribed within plate underneath engraved body of text. Social satire featuring the depiction of a young man (the dandy of the title), who attempts to pick up a handkerchief from the footpath with some difficulty (as his trousers are too tight for him to behind to pick it up). In the Georgian townhouse behind him, a gentleman (wearing military uniform) and a young woman (wearing a high waisted white muslin dress) stand at an open sash window, observing the scene with some merriment while on the street two other men sneeringly observe the scene. |
| Created: |
Dublin :
J. Le Petit 20 Capel St.,
[n.d., ca. 1815-1820?].
|
| Language: | English |
| Extent: | 1 print : hand-coloured etching, image 24.6 x 21.4 cm., on sheet 34.8 x 24.5 cm. [cropped within platemark], mounted in album on sheet 37.2 x 27.8 cm.. |
| Format: | Prints & Drawings |
| Call Number: |
PD 2121 TX 2 (23)
(Collection unavailable) |
| Rights: | Reproduction rights owned by the National Library of Ireland. |