The female coterie [graphic]

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Title: The female coterie [graphic]
Creator: Bonnor, Thomas, printmaker
Published / Created: [1770]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: publisher not identified
Abstract: "Satire on the Coterie, a society of ladies and gentlemen, presumably the one about which Horace Walpole wrote to George Montague on 6 May 1770. People are gambling for high stakes ("Mortgage", "£50,000", a jewelled necklace), cheating at cards, flirting, drinking, kissing; a lady holds up a miniature of her husband while embracing anothe rman who makes the sign of the cuckold behind the portrait; a couple are heading up a staircase."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title engraved above image.
Publication place and date inferred from that of the magazine for which this plate was engraved.
One line of text below image: Well, this is certainly one of the most useful institutions! Lame lover.
Plate from: The London magazine; or, Gentleman's monthly intelligencer. London : Printed for R. Baldwin, v. 39 (1770), page 495.
Temporary local subject terms: Gambling: card game -- Lighting: wall sconces -- Allusions to adultery -- Literature: The lame lover by Samuel Foote, 1720-1777.
Window mounted to 14 x 20 cm.
Provenance: Suckling; June 1956;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 11.6 x 17.9 cm, on sheet 12 x 19 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1770
Periodical illustrations
Etchings England London 1770
Material: etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subjects: England > 1770
England > London > 1770

Access: Public
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