A man walks on tiptoe away from the spectator. He is ungainly, the left shoulder lower than the right, with ill-dressed hair in a small tail. He wears a grotesque cocked hat poised on his head, an old-fashioned coat, and striped stockings. The stone wall of a house, showing part of a street-door and one window, forms a background. 3 july 1795
hand-coloured etching. Date: 1795. Dimensions: Height: 250 mm; Width: 173 mm. Medium: paper. Depicted People: John Burges. Collection: British Museum. A burgess of Warwick Lane. (BM 1868,0808.6453)
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