Lord malmesbury (left) and delacroix (right) face each other in profile with insinuating smiles. They have numbers referring to their words which are engraved beneath the design. Delacroix, '1', stands 'chapeau-bras', holding a tall tasselled cane, wearing a bag-wig and old-fashioned coat and waistcoat. He says, "bon jour mylord! je suis charmé de vous voir à paris, comment vous portez-vous"; malmesbury, '2', answers: "je vous suis obligé de votre gracieuse demande, mais ne pouvant répondre de moi-même, je vais dépêcher un courier a londres; et à son retour, je saurai la réponse que je dois vous faire. " he is dressed as an 'incroyable'. He strides forward, hat in hand, his right hand in his coat-pocket. He wears a striped neck-cloth projecting beyond his chin, loose coat, with large low 'revers', double-breasted waistcoat, and deep-topped boots with very pointed toes. [his dress closely resembles that of the typical 'incroyable' in a french print, 'quel est le plus ridicule', satirizing the fashions of 1789, 1796, and 1804. Jaime, ii, pl. 222. K. ] his hair hangs loose round his face, with a long queue. March 1797 [according to george, this print is dated november 1796 (?)]
etching and stipple. Date: 1797. Dimensions: Height: 308 mm (cut); Width: 267 mm. Medium: paper. Depicted People: Charles Delacroix de Constant. Collection: British Museum.
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