Dressing for a birthday [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- Dressing for a birthday [graphic]
- Creator
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Contributor
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Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, artist.
Fores, S. W., publisher. - Published / Created
- [April 1790]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Publish'd as the act directs, April 1790, by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly
- Abstract
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"A fat and ugly lady (left) and a young and pretty one (right) are being dressed for a Birthday at St. James's. A huge wig decked with feathers and roses is being placed by a maid on the bald head of the elder lady, who stands holding a bouquet and looking in a mirror which reflects a delighted grin. A little black page supports the mirror; he turns to a dog which fawns on him. Another maid fastens in front a false 'derrière', which will distend her dress below the waist, see BMSat 7100, &c. The girl is seated; a friseur dresses her long hair; a man-milliner, 'chapeau-bras', prepares to adjust a 'derrière'; she touches approvingly the dress which an ugly old woman wearing a hat holds out to her. On the floor is a round box containing roses."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
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Title etched below image.
Reissue, with alteration of date in printmaker's signature and addition of shading and background elements in design. For earlier state published 3 March 1789, see no. 9678 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7.
Companion print to: Dressing for a masquerade.
Temporary local subject terms: Birthday at St. James's Palace -- Female costume: Derrières -- Dressing for St. James's Birthday Ball -- Black page -- Hairdressers: Friseur -- Male milliners -- Feathered female wigs.
1 print : etching and stipple engraving on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 35.8 x 50.9 cm, on sheet 36.2 x 51.5 cm.
Final two numbers of date in imprint have been erased and "90" written in manuscript. - Provenance
- Sanders; Mar. 1960; Minto Wilson Collection.
- Extent
- 1 print : plate mark 35.8 x 51 cm, on sheet 36.7 x 52 cm
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 790.04.00.01++
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Satires (Visual works) England 1789
Stipple engravings England London 1790
Etchings England London 1790
Annotations (Provenance) 18th century - Material
- etching and stipple engraving ; and wove paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subjects
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England > 1789
England > London > 1790
18th century
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 9730466
- Object ID (OID)
- 10731241