The gates of Paris, or, Brandy-rumps detected [graphic].

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Description

Title
The gates of Paris, or, Brandy-rumps detected [graphic].
Alternative Title
Brandy-rumps detected
Contributor
Fores, S. W., publisher.
Published / Created
[May 1786]
Publication Place
London
Publisher
Pub'd May the [...] 1786 by S.W. Fores, at the Caricature Warehouse, No. E [sic] Piccadilly
Abstract

"Soldiers discovering brandy in women's bustles by the Paris gates."--British Museum online catalogue

Description
Title etched below image.
Questionable attribution by repository: Henry Kingsbury.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Engraved beneath the title, three lines of explanatory text: Two fashionable females contrived to fill bladders wtih brandy which they substituted for rumps, and thus equipped in the most outré prominence of the mode passed several times unsuspected through the gates of Paris, smuggling no inconsiderable quantity of brandy. The frequency of their excursions caused suspicion among the officers who attempted to touch their garments but were repulsed with affected modesty. They however with the points of their swords [?] pierced what now-a-days is usually made of cork, when lo! a fountain of brandy played from each orifice, to the great diversion of the spectators, and the no small confusion of the Fair ones.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Temporary local subject terms: Ladies' costumes -- Derrières -- Bosoms.
Watermark in center of sheet: L.
In manuscript at top of sheet: 54. On verso: Offset of un-identified musical score.
Provenance
Caricatures II; September 1968;
Extent
1 print : sheet 23.1 x 35 cm
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number
786.05.31.02

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Satires (Visual works) England 1786
Etchings England London 1786
Material
etching and engraving ; and laid paper hand-colored.
Resource Type
still image
Subject (Topic)
Soldiers
French
Military uniforms
Monks
Gates
Subjects
Soldiers > French
Military uniforms > French
Monks
Gates
England > 1786
England > London > 1786

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Identifiers

Orbis Record
7732927
Object ID (OID)
10728141

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