Miss farren and lord derby, both in profile to the right, walk together inspecting pictures. She, very thin and tall, looks over his head through a glass at a picture in the second row of 'zenocrates & phryne'. He looks at the picture immediately below, 'the death', a huntsman holding up a fox to the hounds. The frame is decorated by an earl's coronet with horses, cf. Bmsat 9074, &c. Lord derby, much caricatured, very short and obese, wears riding-dress with spurred boots and holds a whip. Miss farren wears no hat, a dress hanging from the shoulders and trailing behind her, short sleeves and gloves. Both hold an open 'catalogue'. Behind, a man (left) and two ladies in back view and arm-in-arm inspect a picture of 'susan[nah and the] elders'. The lady in the centre wears a high, twisted turban (cf. Bmsat 8755) with an enormous feather, the other wears a round hat. 24 september 1796
hand-coloured etching and aquatint. Date: 1796. Dimensions: Height: 350 mm; Width: 257 mm. Medium: paper. Depicted People: Edward Smith-Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby. Collection: British Museum. A Peep at Christie's;-or-Tally-ho, & his Nimeney-pimmeney taking the Morning Lounge. (BM 1868,0808.6552)
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