Transparent pieces [graphic].

Description

Title: Transparent pieces [graphic].
Contributor: Fores, S. W., publisher.
Published / Created: [17 April 1799]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. April 17th, 1799, by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
Abstract: Two young women fashionably attired in high-wasted dresses, turban-like hats, and carrying large fur muffs, shown full-length walking from the left. On the right a heavy-set women kneels with her back to the audience. When backlit, the undergarments of the ladies are revealed
Description: Title etched below image.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Printseller's stamp in lower right corner: S.W.F.
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. vii.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 28 x 26 cm
Language: English

Genre: Transparent prints
Satires (Visual works) England 1799
Aquatints England London 1799
Transparencies
Material: aquatint & etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): England
Subject (Topic): Clothing & dress
Muffs
Women
Subjects: Clothing & dress > England > 1790-1800
Muffs
Women
England > 1799
England > London > 1799
Fores, S. W. > Stamp

Access: Public
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