The paintress [graphic].

Description

Title: The paintress [graphic].
Contributor: Humphrey, William, approximately 1740-approximately 1810, publisher.
Published / Created: [15 May 1772]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Publish'd May 15th 1772, by W. Humphrey, St. Martins Lane
Abstract: A ragged, grinning chimney-sweep posed for his portrait in front of a round table in an elegant room. The artist is a young woman in fashionable mob cap, sitting on the opposite side of the table, palette in her left hand and adding finishing touches to her work. A painting above on the wall shows a group of dancing satyrs
Description: Title engraved below image.
One line of quote below title: The proper study of mankind is man.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Temporary local subject terms: Trades: chimney sweeps -- Artists: paintress -- Female dress, 1772 -- Artist's implements: palette and brushes -- Table-top easel with box -- Furnishings: carpet -- Pictures amplifying subject -- Travesties: travesty of artists -- Literature: quotation from An Essay on Man by Alexander Pope (1688-1744).
Provenance: Old Print Shop; October 1959;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 35.2 x 25 cm, on sheet 42 x 27 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1772
Mezzotints England London 1772
Material: mezzotint ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Kauffmann, Angelica, 1741-1807
Subjects: Kauffmann, Angelica, 1741-1807 > Caricatures and cartoons
England > 1772
England > London > 1772

Access: Public
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