Old q-uiz the old goat of Piccadilly, Robert Dighton, 1796

Queensberry (right), walking beside a buxom young milliner, puts out an arm to touch her. His left hand is in a large muff. He wears a star and from his coat-pocket issue bottles labelled 'renovating balsam' and 'velno's vegetable syrup' (see bmsat 7592). She carries an arched-topped coffer (as in bmsat 4923) and seems not unwilling. Beneath the title: 'a shining star - in the british peerage and a usefull ornament to society - fudge. ' 25 february 1796 hand-coloured etching. Date: 1796. Dimensions: Height: 250 mm; Width: 227 mm (cropped). Medium: paper. Depicted People: William Douglas, 4th Duke of Queensberry. Collection: British Museum. Old q-uiz the old goat of Piccadilly (BM 1848,1221.8)