A fashionable suit! [graphic]

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Title: A fashionable suit! [graphic]
Creator: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Contributor: Woodward, G. M. approximately 1760-1809, artist.
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher.
Published / Created: [1 October 1799]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. Oct. 1st, 1799, by R. Akerman, No. 101 Strand
Abstract: A satire on the new fashion of Jean Debry coats: A tailor holds a mirror to a customer who looks at his image with horror. The customer complains that he has put a hump upon each shoulder. The tailor replies that the coat has been made to his wife's specifications
Description: Title etched below image.
Series title and number etched above print.
Earlier state, with imprint. Cf. No. 9625 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7.
Earlier state described by Joseph Grego in Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, page 15.
Provenance: Old Print Shop ; 1959.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 21.6 x 19.3 cm, on sheet 27 x 21 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1799
Etchings England London 1799
Watermarks (Paper)
Material: etching ; and laid paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): England
Subject (Topic): Clothing & dress
Mirrors
Tailors
Subjects: Clothing & dress > England > 1790-1800
Mirrors
Tailors
England > 1799
England > London > 1799
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

Access: Public
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