The feminine gender

Description

Title: The feminine gender
Creator: Kingsbury, Henry, 1775-1804, printmaker
Contributor: Fores, S. W., publisher.
Published / Created: [2 February 1787]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pub'd Feby. 2, 1787, by S.W. Fores at the Caracature Wareho]use, No.3 Piccadilly
Abstract: A rather feminine-looking man walks to the left. He has a protruding "derrière" which makes his coat tails stand out and a very prominant bosom of ruffles. A large hat is set on top of curled hair, and he carries a tiny swagger stick
Description: Title etched below image.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark; most of the imprint cropped from this half.
Imprint statement inferred from companion print on same sheet: The masculine gender.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. iv.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 27.2 x 21 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1787
Etchings England London 1787
Material: etching ; and laid paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): England
Subject (Topic): Clothing & dress
Subjects: Clothing & dress > England > 1780-1790
England > 1787
England > London > 1787

Access: Public
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