Print, satirical print, John Goldar, 1771

Satire on a fashionable gentleman set in an elaborate interior hung with paintings. He sits in a dressing gown negligently holding an invitation ticket to an event "for the benefit of [mrs] cornellys" while a playbill for "all for love" lies at his feet; a man-servant is powdering his hair, a cook is reading a menu in french, "madamoiselle laycock miliner"is showing him lace from her box; behind at right a moustachioed german (?) soldier is furtively opening an escritoire; coat of arms of the earl of granard in margin below. 1771 engraving. Date: 1771. Dimensions: Height: 447 mm; Width: 540 mm. Medium: paper. Depicted People: George Forbes, 5th Earl of Granard. Collection: British Museum. Print, satirical print (BM 1867,0309.1646 1)