A Prince of the Old School., James Gillray, 1800

An elderly man walks stiffly in profile to the right on a flagged pavement. Under his left arm he carries horizontally a large umbrella. In his (gloved) right hand is a glove. He wears a round hat, his straight coat is not of modern cut; his straight legs are engulfed in wide boots of hessian pattern but not of fashionable shape. He wears whiskers with a small and neat side-curl and queue. Beneath the design: '"there is an easiness of deportment, and an elegance of indescribable debonair, about the beans of \ "the old school, which would be ridiculous for the puppies of the day to think of imitating" - lord chesterfield, letters. ' 11 march 1800 hand-coloured etching. Date: 1800. Dimensions: Height: 252 mm; Width: 196 mm. Medium: paper. Depicted People: Boothby Clopton. Collection: British Museum. A Prince of the Old School. (BM 1851,0901.1022)