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Hand-coloured print of a dandy in a blue coat admiring himself in a mirror in a cluttered dressing room, 1818.

A Dandy

Charles Williams, published 1818

Hand-colored 1817 caricature of a dandy in tailcoat and yellow gloves raising a lorgnette, holding a top hat.

D_d Angelic pon honor-Fascinating Creature Monstrous Handsome!!

George Cruikshank, published August 9, 1817

Hand-colored caricature of two exaggerated men in military dress with tall boots, with onlookers and satirical verse.

A Russian Dandy

William Heath, published December 8, 1818

Triptych Japanese woodblock print of three women in patterned kimono before a peacock and a peacock-feather background.

A parody of courtesans on display at the Ogiya (Ogiya mise yatsushi)

Chokosai Eisho, c. 1795

Hand-colored print of a dandy in a top hat and blue coat riding a galloping chestnut horse.

The Dandy

James Gillray, published June 29, 1810

Woodblock print of courtly women on a moonlit veranda beside a folding screen, with a full moon over dark water.

Poem by Sanjo-in, from the series "One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki)"

Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1835/36

Hand-colored print of a dandy dressing at home in a bedroom, beside the same dandy fully dressed outdoors with a monocle and

The Dandy Dressing; The Dandy Dressed

J. Lewis Marks, 1815/25

Hand-colored print of a seated woman and a standing dandy in a candlelit room with a fireplace and speech bubbles.

A Dandy & a Dandyzette

George Cruikshank, published October 25, 1818

Hand-colored caricature of a dandy fainting in a room, supported by companions and a woman in white, with a table of wine and

A Dandy Fainting

Isaac Robert Cruikshank, published December 11, 1818

Hand-colored caricature of six uniformed military dandies in plumed helmets, braided jackets, and swords, standing in a row.

Military Dandies or Heroes of 1818

William Heath, published October 26, 1818

Hand-colored caricature of a dandy midshipman being laced into corsets by sailors on a ship deck, with speech balloons.

Lacing in Style

George Cruikshank, published March 6, 1819

Hand-colored 1818 caricature of dandy pickpockets on a city street, with onlookers beside a shop window.

Dandy Pickpockets Diving

Isaac Robert Cruikshank, published December 2, 1818

Hand-colored caricature comparing armored medieval knights with 1819 British military officers in plumed hats and braided uni

Ancient and Modern Military Dandies of 1450

George Cruikshank, published February 8, 1819

Hand-colored caricature of dandies, some with ass and ape heads, beside two women in gowns in an interior, 1818.

Comparative Anatomy

Isaac Robert Cruikshank, published December 10, 1818

Hand-colored caricature of a large robed man kissing a uniformed figure while onlookers and speech balloons surround them.

A Kiss at the Congress

William Heath, published November 18, 1818

Hand-colored caricature of two officers in red uniforms and black mourning crape, one with a tall plumed helmet, beside a sto

Dismal Dandies, or General Mourning & Crape

Charles Williams, c. 1819

A Portrait: Lord Pomfret

Thomas Rowlandson, published February 26, 1812

Hand-colored print of a dandyish man in a brown tailcoat and yellow breeches with a cane, before a gatehouse and trees.

A Portrait: Lord Petersham

Thomas Rowlandson, published January 10, 1812

Hand-colored print of a stout man in a top hat riding a brown horse at a trot, holding reins and a yellow crop.

The Lovable Rake

H. Humphries, 1813

Pen drawing of three caricatured Dutch merchants in long coats and hats, one smoking a pipe, in conversation.

Dutch Merchants Sketched at Amsterdam

Thomas Rowlandson, published April 4, 1796

Pen sketch of an elderly woman in a bonnet leaning toward a younger woman in a street with Dutch shop signs.

A Dutch Abbess and Her Nymphs Sketched at Amsterdam

Thomas Rowlandson, published April 4, 1796

Hand-colored print of a bearded man in green robe and fur hat riding a white horse with embroidered saddle cloth.

The Persian Ambassador

Richard Dighton, 1849

Two-panel print contrasting a kneeling suitor before a plumed-hat lady with a drinking man beside a bonnet-wearing woman.

Courtship in High and Low Life

Samuel Alken, 1792

Hand-colored caricature of men searched by soldiers in a cramped room with a table, ladder, gold coins and rats.

Search-Night

James Gillray, published March 20, 1798

Hand-colored caricature of a pistol duel on a field, with smoke, speech balloons, a carriage and onlookers.

The Explanation

James Gillray, published May 30, 1798

Hand-colored caricature of wealthy men feasting on golden rolls, fish and meats while a famine proclamation hangs on the wall

Substitutes for Bread

James Gillray, published December 24, 1795

Hand-colored caricature of a man in blue uncorking a bottle that bursts with froth, beside shelves of bottled caricature head

Uncorking Old Sherry

James Gillray, published March 10, 1805

Hand-colored caricature of a mounted beggar, a kneeling man aiming a blunderbuss, and coins spilling on a forest road.

Begging no Robbery; i.e. Voluntary Contribution, or John Bull Escaping a Forced Loan

James Gillray, published December 10, 1796

Hand-colored satirical print of a man in a mill pouring gold coins while figures collect the money.

John Bull Ground Down

James Gillray, published June 1, 1795

Hand-coloured caricature of five men in 1799 satirising an Irish union, with speech bubbles and a Scottish figure reading a n

An Irish Union!

Isaac Cruikshank, published January 30, 1799