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Fashionable people playing the Bridge of LoveFashionable people playing the parlour game of Bridge of Love. For this forfeit, the man kneels on the floor and the lady who nominated him sits on his back
Man in long carrick coat with five pelerines or capes. Our young men shorten their jackets but lengthen their coats. The coat is long, heavy and awkward
Foppish mens fashion from the era of KingFoppish mens fashion from the 16th century. Man with large felt hat with multicoloured plumes, doublet with slashed sleeves, hose and boots from a manuscript Roman de la Rose, Harleian 4425
Incroyable and Muscadin, fashionable French men of the Directory era, 1796. The Incroyable holds a monocle and cudgel and wears two watches from his belt
Anne de Batarnay de Joyeuse, Duke of Joyeuse, mignon and admiral in the reign of King Henri III of France. Handcoloured lithograph after a portrait in Roger de Gaignieres gallery portfolio IX 60
The Evolution of the Cycle -- Dandy-HorseThe Evolution of the Cycle -- Duke of Marlboroughs Dandy-Horse, Johnsons Dandy-Horse, Cruikshank drawing At Full Speed ( all early 1800s). (2 of 8) Date: 1892
Leave it to Psmith - stage adaptationLeave it to Psmith - a comic novel by English author P. G. Wodehouse, adapted into a play by Wodehouse and Ian Hay. It opened at the Shaftesbury Theatre in London on 29 September 1930
The Afternoon Crawl by G W HuntPromotional music sheet for The Afternoon Crawl by G W Hunt, sung with the greatest success by Alfred Vance. The poster by Alfred Concanen, shows Vance dressed in a green checked suit with gloves
Cartoon, Positively I m Quite a Ladys Man. early 19th century
That Eminent Trifle, A Beau by John Austen
Musical terms up to date - Fortissimo - very loud1903
A Rain-beau c. 1790A Rain-beau - a fashionable young man wearing a tall pilgrim or Puritan-style hat, striped waistcoat, short boots revealing striped stockings, tight breeches, and carrying a parasol or umbrella
Draisienne 1819Draisienne or Dandy Horse. Date: 1819
Dapper Racegoer 1908P P Gilpin at the races wears a top hat, morning coat & trousers with a front crease, black & white half-boots, white waistcoat, carnation buttonhole & a patterned bowtie Date: 1908
MALE TYPE / BEAU NASH 1700Richard Beau Nash: the famous dandy at the dressing table, applying beauty spots. Date: circa 1700
Fall - Griffon - PipeBANCHORY DANDY Owned by Lorna, Countess Howe. Head study with a pipe in its mouth. Date: 1938
C1690 BEAU (COSTUME)A Beau of the late 17th century. This fine individual is identified as Beau Wilson. Date: circa 1690
Beau Brummell SatireBEAU BRUMMELL An impertinent young man notes the demise of the formerly famously handsome (but now fat) dandy, George Beau Brummell. Date: 1778 - 1840
DANDY / MACARONI 1773MACARONI A rather shallow-looking and irritating young man, known as a Macaroni smirking and supressing a giggle. Date: circa 1773
COUNT DORSAY / MACLISECOUNT ALFRED GUILLAUME GABRIEL DORSAY French society leader in Paris and London. Wit, painter, sculptor, conversationalist and arbiter of fashion. Date: 1801 - 185
COUNT DORSAYCOUNT ALFRED GUILLAUME GABRIEL DORSAY French society leader in Paris and London. Wit, painter, sculptor, conversationalist and arbiter of fashion. Date: 1801 - 1852
DANDY / DON JUANDON JUAN He wishes there were other worlds to which he could extend his conquests... Date: 1665
A dandy at his dressing table, 1818A dandy getting himself dolled up at his dressing table. Date: 1818
Anna Zinkiesen - Mariegold - Mariegold Broadcasts - Soon - it may not matter much - DoAnna Zinkiesen - Mariegold - " Mariegold Broadcasts" - " Soon - it may not matter much - Do away with Men - as such!" Date: 1933
Frock Coat 1890SA man-about-town in frock coat, pin-striped trousers, high stand-fall shirt collar & white tie, black leather shoes & dark grey spats: acceptable wear with frock coat from 1893
Edwardian Dandy 1907Lord Althorp wearing grey trousers with turn-ups & a front crease, grey morning coat, cream D-B waistcoat, high all round collar, white cravat & a gold pinkie ring
Vain man at a mirror on a comic greetings card, with verse. Date: circa 1850s
The Dandy Charger - man on a boneshaker bicycle. early 19th century
Robin Steadman in dandyish 1960s jacketRobin Steadman, hair stylist at The House of Leonard in Grosvenor Street, London wearing a tweed jacket that he had made to measure at John Stephen Custom Built Clothes in Carnaby Street
The Dandy Doctor by Edward Marris, music Dudley PowellThe Dandy Doctor by Edward Marris with music by Dudley Powell. First produced at the Avenue Theatre in Sunderland, 26th March 1900. The caption reads Take her, my boy, shes yours
Boy and duckUnusual Friends - boy reading the Dandy, with a duck behind him. 1950s
Illustration, Dandie DinmontIllustration, the character of Dandie Dinmont, a Scottish farmer with dogs and horse, in Walter Scotts novel Guy Mannering (first published 1815). early 19th century
Costume styles, 17th century, from left to right: Dutch couple circa 1610, French couple circa 1640, King Louis XIV and his wife (Maria Theresa of Spain) circa 1670
Illustration, The Armchair -- two children link arms to carry a smaller child. late 19th century
Snap card - Handy Pandy, Jack-A-DandyNursery Rhyme Snap card - Handy Pandy, Jack-A-Dandy, loved plum cake and sugar candy. early 20th century
Roger De BeauvoirROGER DE BEAUVOIR (Eugene Auguste Roger de Bully) French writer and dandy. Date: 1806 - 1866
Marquess of Conyngham2ND MARQUESS OF CONYNGHAM FRANCIS NATHANIEL Statesman Date: 1797 - 1876
Male Type / Munich DandyA German dandy from Munich. Date: 1903
Sir Lumley SkeffingtonSirt Lumley George Skeffington (1771 - 1850) - English writer and dandy; friend of Lord Petersham
George Grossmith / 1911GEORGE GROSSMITH (JNR) English actor, best known for his man-about-town roles, as Lord Bicester in The Sunshine Girl Date: 1911
Fat Macaroni 1772THE FULL-BLOWN MACARONI A rather fat " Macaroni" (dandy) sports all the latest fashion trends including a wig and trihorn hat. Date: 1772
Brummell / Jesses / BoyGEORGE BRYAN (BEAU) BRUMMELL English dandy and friend of the Prince of Wales. A satire on himself as a tearful cherub in 1837. Date: 1778 - 1840
Candy seller, c. 1820A street seller of sweets: M. Fry from London, Royal Dandy Candy, c.1820 Date: C.1820
Dandy Dinmont terrier puppyA Dandy (or Dandie) Dinmont terrier puppy. Date: 1930
Meridian of the Palais Royal.. Handcolored aquatint engraving after an illustration credited to Victor Auver from A Tour through Paris, William Sams, London, 1825
Woman in fancy dress costume as a dandy, le chicard.. Lithograph with pochoir stencil handcolouring from Our Fancy Dress Costumes, Paris, 1928
Man in large black bicorn hat, white cravat, brown coat over cream breeches, holding a cane.. Handcolored lithograph of an illustration by Francois-Claudius Compte-Calix from Paris Fashions under