A hint to [the] husbands, or, The dresser, properly dressed [graphic].

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Title: A hint to [the] husbands, or, The dresser, properly dressed [graphic].
Alternative Title: Hint to the husbands
Dresser properly dressed
Contributor: Dawe, Philip, printmaker.
Published / Created: 14 Augst. 1777.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Printed for R. Sayer & J. Bennett, No. 53 Fleet Street, as the act directs
Abstract: Depicts a lady seated at her dressing table, her elaborate mountain of hair being combed by her equally coiffed hair-dresser who stands behind her. The lady turns to see her husband who has just entered the room in riding dress, his whip upraised. Behind him in the doorway, the housemaid, winking at the viewer, raises two fingers above his head. Two portaits hang on the wall in the background
Description: Title from item.
A reduced copy of no. 5467 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires; tentatively attributed by George to P. Dawe.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 15.4 x 11.4 cm, on sheet 20 x 15 cm
Language: English

Genre: Mezzotints England London 1777
Satires (Visual works)
Material: mezzotint with etching ;
Subject (Geographic): England
Subject (Topic): Cuckolds
Couples
Hairdressing
Dressing tables
Boudoirs
Clothing & dress
Subjects: Cuckolds
Couples
Hairdressing
Dressing tables
Boudoirs
Clothing & dress > England > 1770-1780
England > London > 1777

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