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The Dandies Coat of Arms

Print
1819 (published)
Artist/Maker
Cruikshank, George (artist)
Place of origin
London (published)

Satirical coat of arms. Blue coat with symbols, above is a corset and necktie, a head with donkey's ears and a top hat. To either side, monkeys in dandified dress.

Object details

Categories
Accessories
Animals and Wildlife
Caricatures & Cartoons
Clothing
Fashion
Gender and Sexuality
Hats & Headwear
Heraldry
Men's Clothes
Printed Pages & Sheets
Underwear
Underwear
Object type
Print
TitleThe Dandies Coat of Arms (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Etching.
Ink
Etching
Brief description
George Cruikshank (1792-1878), 'The Dandies Coat of Arms'. Etching, with publisher's watercolour. Satirical print on the vogue for men's corsetry, published 1819.
Physical description
Satirical coat of arms. Blue coat with symbols, above is a corset and necktie, a head with donkey's ears and a top hat. To either side, monkeys in dandified dress.
Dimensions
  • Image height: 322mm
  • Image width: 225mm
  • Sheet, including title height: 348mm
  • Sheet, including title width: 235mm
Pasted to early duo-coloured grey wash mount: 396 x 288 mm
Style
19th
Production typeMass produced
Marks and inscriptions
  • 326

    Note
    Top corner

  • The Dandies Coat of Arms

  • Pub'd March 28th 1819 / by T. Tegg. 111 Cheapside

  • Dandi, Dando, Dandum

  • Coat of Arms. Azure. The Sexes impaled improper between two Butterflies - Two flanches; on the dexter flanch three pair of Stays, argent, the sinister flanch charged with Rouge / Pomatm & smellg bottle, On the Canton, Dexter [sinister] a frill rampant in the sinister Canton a false collar rampant—small cloaths passive in pile supported by pins—Supporters—Two Monkies—proper— Crest, a pr of Stays full padded—supporting a Cravat & Collar Rampant proper, holding a blockhead argent & gules, winged with asses ears proper the whole under cover of a Sable Bever."

  • Order of Puppyism, suspended in French Siffener

Other number
BM 13394
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.391-2015

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Record createdMay 18, 2015
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1314041/the-dandies-coat-of-arms-print-cruikshank-george/
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