From Soho [graphic]

Description

Title: From Soho [graphic]
Creator: Loutherbourg, Philippe-Jacques de, 1740-1812, printmaker
Contributor: Holland, William, active 1782-1817, publisher.
Published / Created: May 1st, 1790]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. by Willm Holland, No. 50 Oxford Street
Abstract: Whole length portrait of a black woman in high heels, viewed from the side with her hands on her hips. Her eyes are hidden by her very large hat. Identified in the British Museum catalogue as "a certain well-known lady abbess".
Description: Title etched below image.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Originally issued in 1776. Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v.5 and v.7, nos. 5361 and 9684.
Mounted to 27 x 21 cm.
Provenance: Suckling;
Extent: 1 print : sheet 16 x 11 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1776
Etchings England London 1776
Material: etching with drypoint ; and laid paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): Soho (London, England)
Subject (Topic): Black people
Hats
Women
Subjects: Soho (London, England)
Black people
Hats
Women
England > 1776
England > London > 1776

Access: Public
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