The female shaver [graphic].

Description

Title: The female shaver [graphic].
Contributor: Darly, M. publisher.
Published / Created: [1 January 1773]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. Jany. 1, 1773, by MDarly, 39 Strand
Abstract: A young man seated on a chair holds his head up while a young woman sitting astride in his lap shaves his neck. On the floor is an ornate carpet and pictures adorn the walls on either side of an oval mirror
Description: Title engraved below image.
Series numbers in upper left and right corner of plate, respectively: V.3 16.
Initial letters of publisher's name form a monogram.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. ii; May 1954;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 247 x 175 mm, on sheet 270 x 175 mm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1773
Etchings England London 1773
Watermarks (Paper)
Material: etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Couples
Floor coverings
Mirrors
Paintings
Shaving
Shaving equipment
Subjects: Couples
Floor coverings
Mirrors
Paintings
Shaving
Shaving equipment
England > 1773
England > London > 1773

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