London Characters No. 5.How does it fit behind? Exquisite!! Exquisite!! [&] Come_move on there!
[Published by Charles Tilt. 86, Fleet Street.] [n.d. c.1830.]
Hand-coloured etching. 190 x 134mm. 7½ x 5¼". Cut along lower edge into platemark. omitting publication line.
Two scenes: to the left, a gentleman asks his tailor to see how his jacket fits and whether it encompasses his figure from behind, the tailor, winking at the viewer, declares it as an exqusitie fit. To the right: a gentleman in a hurry kicks a lady's basket of fruit into the air with oranges rolling away everywhere.
[Ref: 21546] £50.00
Hand-coloured etching. 190 x 134mm. 7½ x 5¼". Cut along lower edge into platemark. omitting publication line.
Two scenes: to the left, a gentleman asks his tailor to see how his jacket fits and whether it encompasses his figure from behind, the tailor, winking at the viewer, declares it as an exqusitie fit. To the right: a gentleman in a hurry kicks a lady's basket of fruit into the air with oranges rolling away everywhere.
[Ref: 21546] £50.00