Price: $1,900.00
SKU: 102415
ARTIST: John Collet
PUBLISHER: Printed for Robt. Sayer No. 53 in fleet Street, & Jno Smith, No. 35, in Cheapside. Published as the Act directs Novr. 10, 1770.
MEDIUM: Engravings,
DATE: 1770.
EDITION SIZE: Image size 12 x 9 5/8" (30.5 x 24.5 cm).
DESCRIPTION: Jno Collet pinxt (drawn by). C. White fecit. (engraved by)<br><br> A satirical pair of engravings playing on well-worn themes of English masculinity versus French effeminacy that were common in both political and social satires of the 1760s and 1770s.<br><br> In one image a portly middle-aged Englishman sits on chair, his feet not reaching the ground, draped in a protective gown, while a tall French hairdresser puffs powder on his wig; behind is a portrait of a dancing bear being dressed by two monkeys; on the floor is a book lettered, "A Six Weeks Tour to Paris" and from the Englishman's pocket protrudes "Rules for the Alemande (a German dance)".<br><br> The 2nd picture depicts a elegantly dressed Frenchman being accosted by a belligerent London butcher. Behind the Frenchman is an open door with a sign above reading, "Foreign Gentlemen Taught English". Two prostitutes laugh and one pulls on his pig-tail. Behind, a dog steals a cut of meat from the butcher's tray.<br><br> John Collet or Collett (1725-1780) English satirical artist. Pupil of George Lamert and studied at the St. Martins Lane Academy, founded in 1735 by William Hogath, and a precursor of the Royal Academy. His first exhibition was at the Free Society of Artist in 1761. Collet works often represented scenes of debauchery, low life, social weaknesses that are often found in human existence. <br>
ADDITIONAL INFO: Framed in matched pair of 3" gold moldings. Overall framed size, 18.75 x 15.75 inches.
CONDITION: Fair to good condition and color. Frenchman has added side and top margins, Englishman narrow top and side margins and lacks the lower publication line. Short tear through title.
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