A maiden ewe drest lamb fashion [graphic].

Description

Title: A maiden ewe drest lamb fashion [graphic].
Creator: Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
Contributor: Laurie & Whittle, publisher.
Published / Created: [15 September 1796]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Published 15th Septr. 1796 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Description: Title from item.
From the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls.
Plate numbered '172' in lower left corner.
Printmaker identified from the original drawing in the Huntington Library.
One line of text below title: "The end of these things is death."
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Temporary local subject terms: Old women -- Earrings -- Miniature portraits as jewelry -- Female dress: masquerade costume -- Tickets: masquerade tickets -- Pictures amplifying subjects: portrait of Cleopatra -- Pulley-stiles -- Parasols -- Furniture -- Powder puffs -- Domestic servants: lady's maid -- Furnishings: window curtain tassels.
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. vi.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 25 x 20.2 cm, on sheet 29 x 24 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1796
Etchings England London 1796
Engravings England London 1796
Material: etching and engraving ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): England
Subject (Topic): Clothing & dress
Older people
Women
Headdresses
Clocks & watches
Jewelry
Dressing tables
Umbrellas
Women domestics
Subjects: Clothing & dress > England > 1790-1800
Older people
Women
Headdresses
Clocks & watches
Jewelry
Dressing tables
Umbrellas
Women domestics
England > 1796
England > London > 1796

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