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A Man of Importance, 16 May 1799

 Item — Box: LF104/5 Box 1
Reference code: LF104/5/8
A Man of Importance, 16 May 1799
A Man of Importance, 16 May 1799

Scope and Contents

Artist: James Gillray. Published:Hannah Humphrey. Lord Moira, rigid and impassive, stands in profile to the left, right hand on his tasselled stick, left hand on hip, wearing quasi-military dress with looped cocked hat and high boots. Clouds, so coloured as to suggest a distant conflagration, and a low horizon, curved as if to indicate the edge of the globe, form a background. Beneath the design: '"Ne'er may his Whiskers loose their hue, " Chang'd (like Moll Coggin's tail) to blue! "But still - "New Grace adorn his figure; "More stiff his boots, more black his stock, "His hat assume a prouder cock, "Like Pistol's, (would 'twere bigger!) Vide Anti Jacobin.' Description from the British Museum.

Dates

  • Creation: 16 May 1799

Conditions Governing Access

Physical item available by appointment in our Reading Room

Extent

1.0 Item(s)

Language of Materials

English

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections and Archives Repository

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