The finish Count Alfred Guillaume Gabriel D'Orsay (1801-1852). Amateur artist and man of fashion. Described as 'last of the dandies'. 'Disguised in the fiction' (this book) as the Marquis d'Horsay. Image taken from D'Horsay; or the Follies of the day. By a Man of Fashion i.e. John Mills. A novel. With illustrations by George Standfast.. Originally published in William Strange: London 1844. Author John Mills, Illustrated by George Standfast.