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Print made by John Dixon, ca. 1740–1811, Irish, The Old Beau in an Extasy, 1773

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Print made by John Dixon, ca. 1740–1811
after John Dixon, ca. 1740–1811
Published by Carington Bowles, 1724–1793

Title:

The Old Beau in an Extasy

Date:

1773

Materials & Techniques:

Mezzotint and etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper

Dimensions:

Sheet: 15 1/4 x 11 1/8 inches (38.7 x 28.2 cm), Plate: 13 7/8 x 9 7/8 inches (35.3 x 25.1 cm), Image: 12 7/8 x 9 7/8 inches (32.7 x 25.1 cm)

Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:

Inscribed on verso in graphite, lower center: "#81"; lower right: "S.40.I"

Lettered, lower left: "286 Behold this Wretch! a Fot at Sixty two, | A true conceited, ugly worn out Beau, | Whose Toilet boasts of every scare Perfume | With Chinese Paint for Artificial Bloom;"; lower center: "Drawn from the Life & Ext by J Dixon. | The OLD BEAU | in an EXTASY | Printed for Carington Bowles , at his Map & Print Warehouse, No.69, in St. Pauls Church Yard Londom, Publish'd as the Act directs"; lower right: "A half starv'd paltry THing__ so strange all o'er | That England ne'er beheld his like before. | The Girls all hate him, and at their request | Up hangs the Cap they think will suit him best."

Credit Line:

Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

Copyright Status:

Public Domain

Accession Number:

B1970.3.862

Classification:

Prints

Collection:

Prints and Drawings

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https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:22553

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