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C1818
A Nice Lady or an Incomparable!!
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A bedizened hag walks with an insinuating leer, with the stoop fashionable in 1816, and with splayed-out feet. Features and dress are inscribed with the names of food in which fish predominate: her skirt is covered with a Fishing Net, … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
A Nice Lady or an Incomparable!!
Date:
C1818
Artist:
Condition:
Small repaired tear at left sheet 5mm into image area, otherwise in good condition.
Technique:
Copper engraving with original hand colouring
Image Size:
250mm
x 320mm
Paper Size:
285mm
x 455mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1818
Description:
A bedizened hag walks with an insinuating leer, with the stoop fashionable in 1816, and with splayed-out feet. Features and dress are inscribed with the names of food in which fish predominate: her skirt is covered with a Fishing Net, which forms a transparent hem; her high bonnet is a Scallop shell; her mouth Tulips; her teeth Pearl Oyster, or Sweet Meat; her hand, in which she affectedly holds an eyeglass: Fish hooks or Crabs Claws. There are many other disparaging inscriptions. Behind is a notice-board among trees: Beware of Men Traps. BM
Companion print to: A Nice Gentleman- An Exquisite Dandy – Prodigious!!
The practice of dandyism first appeared in the revolutionary 1790s, both in London and in Paris. Charles Baudelaire defined the dandy: “Contrary to what a lot of thoughtless people seem to believe, dandyism is not even an excessive delight in clothes and material elegance. For the perfect dandy, these things are no more than the symbol of the aristocratic superiority of his mind.”
A rare Irish issued satirical cartoon by the Dublin based publisher William McCleary with his 32 Nassau Street address which he was there from 1808 to 1820. The caricature was based on George Cruikshank (1792-1878) original design published on 20th October 1818 but reversed. The same caricature was also published by Lepetit with his 20 Capel Street, Dublin address which he operated from 1800-1820.
References:
Bills, M. The Art of Satire. London 2006:.
McPhee, C. Infinite Jest : Caricature and Satire from Leonardo to Levine. New York 2011:.
Robinson, R. Caricature and the Regency Crisis: An Irish Perspective.:.
Bills, M. The Art of Satire. London 2006:.
McPhee, C. Infinite Jest : Caricature and Satire from Leonardo to Levine. New York 2011:.
Robinson, R. Caricature and the Regency Crisis: An Irish Perspective.:.
William McCleary (1799 - 1820)
McCleary was one of the major Irish publishers of mainly pirated copies of London satirical prints. He began trading from premises located at 31 Lower Ormond Quay in 1791 and by 1798 his business had become sufficiently successful to allow him to move to a larger shop located on Nassau Street. McCleary’s decision in copying the caricatures of his rival and fellow Dubliner J. Sidebotham and undercutting the prices of the pirated versions of Sidebotham's caricatures. resulted into a long lasting feud between the two publishers. His trading addresses: 31 & later 18 Lower Ormond Quay (1791-1798) 21 Nassau Street, Dublin (1799, 1820) 32 Nassau Street, Dublin (1808) 39 Nassau Street, Dublin (1820)
