The shower [graphic].

Description

Title: The shower [graphic].
Contributor: Darly, M. publisher.
Published / Created: [1 September 1772]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Publish'd according to act, Septr. 1, 1772, by M. Darly, 39 Strand
Abstract: A woman in profile to the right walks with her skirt turned up over her head in the form of a giant hood, thus exposing her petticoat made of a printed fabric, as well as a large pocket and a locket suspended from her waistline
Description: Title etched below image.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Plate numbered '18' in upper right corner.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Temporary local subject terms: Female dress, 1772.
Watermark: Strasburg lily.
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. ii ; May 1954 ;
Extent: 1 print : sheet 25 x 18 cm
Language: English

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: 772.09.01.02
Collection Title: Leaf 33. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Collection Date: [London] : Pubd. by Mary Darly, Jany. 1, 1776.

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1772
Etchings England London 1772
Watermarks (Paper)
Material: etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): England
Subject (Topic): Clothing & dress
Lockets
Subjects: Clothing & dress > England > 1770-1780
Lockets
England > 1772
England > London > 1772

Access: Public
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