Guests at a rout arranged in a strip design, all are standing in conversation, &c, except for two sets of card-players at square tables, each lit by four candies. Of thirty-seven figures, seventeen have numbers referring to names etched beneath the design. Most of the persons are caricatured. On the extreme left a man (not unlike mayor topham) regards himself in a mirror, arranging his shirt-frill. At a card-table, 'i mrs faw--kn--r' and '2 mr cha--lt--n' are partners; the other two are not identified. Five persons stand behind the table, including '3 mrs ch--it--n', '4 mr eth--ngt--n', and '5 mr tr--tt--r' who looks through a double eyeglass. Between the two tables '8 col: st--nh--pe' grasps the left hand of '7 col-- c--mb--i', whose right arm ends at the wrist. Behind are '6 miss d--by' and three men. At the second card-table sits '9 mrs wh--rt--n' opposite '13 col: d'au--b--nt'; '14 miss d'au--b--nt', a very stout and ugly lady, watches the game, her hand on the back of his chair. Behind, '10 m. St--kp--le' offers a lady a glove. Behind him stand three persons: '11 mrs st--nh--pe', '12 col: h--nd--rs--n', '16 mr ber--n--rd' who inspects the pretty mrs. Stanhope through a double eye-glass. '15 count hasl--ng', chapeau bras and wearing a star, holds his sword so that it raises the petticoats of a lady behind him, who appears to be exchanging cards with '17 sir wm br--n'. (for count haslang, the bavarian minister, cf. Bmsat 4834. ) four of the ladies wear absurd steeple-crowned hats poised on their elaborately dressed hair, others wear bows of ribbon or muslin. 26 january 1790. Etching. Date: 1790. Dimensions: Height: 245 mm; Width: 700 mm. Medium: paper. Depicted People: John Bernard. Collection: British Museum. A rout (BM 1868,0808.5908)
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