Tight lacing, or, Fashion before ease [graphic][ca. 1777][printed ca. 1812]engIn an elegantly decorated bedroom, a young woman with hair piled high in the fashion of the 1770s, holds tightly to a bedpost, while a man (her servant or husband) tugs on her stay-laces, and is in turn held around his waist by a female servant, who is also grasped by a small Black servant. The lady's lapdog looks on from the bed, while a monkey on the floor opens a book entitled "Fashion's victim: a satire"Title from item.Date of printing based on watermark.Place of publication and publisher from British Museum catalogue.Imperfect, trimmed to design with loss of publication information and plate number.Originally issued by Carington Bowles after June 1777, then re-issued (with date burnished from the plate) by Bowles & Carver.Plate number: 362. Cf. Untrimmed impression in the British Museum.