A desert-imitation [that is, dessert-imitation] of modern fashion!

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Title
A desert-imitation [that is, dessert-imitation] of modern fashion!
Alternative Title
Desert-imitation of modern fashion!
Dessert-imitation of modern fashion!
Creator
Heath, William, 1795-1840, printmaker
Contributor
McLean, T. publisher.
Published / Created
[1828?]
Publication Place
London
Publisher
Pub. by T. McLean 26 Haymarket
Abstract

"An inverted wine-glass (claret shape), partly fluted, represents a woman; the bowl is a bell-shaped petticoat, the stem a pinched waist and bodice; the wide base forms the brim of her plateau-hat on which stands a cork with a metal rim and upstanding ring to form the narrow jam-pot crown (cf. BM Satires No. 15466). On the base (or brim) are bunches of grapes from which hang trails of vine leaves. Tied symmetrically to the stem are two pears, representing inflated sleeves, the stalks serving for wrists and hands. Below the design six lines of verse

Description
Title from text above image.
Print signed using a varient of William Heath's device: A man with a raised glass rather than an umbrella. Also with the lines in a speech balloon: What have we got here by Jove what we are all fond of a Lass & à Glass my service to you Gents tis but a frail fair after all.
Questionable publication date from British Museum catalogue.
Six lines of verse below image: Turn a tumbler up side down, The foot for a hat and a cork for the crown, Some grapes for trimming, will give an air, And as for Sleeves have ready a pear, When join'd to gather tis sure to tell, A picture true, of a modern belle.
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number
828.00.00.15+

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Satires (Visual works) England 1828
Etchings England London 1828
Artists' devices
Material
wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type
still image
Subjects
England > 1828
England > London > 1828

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Identifiers

Catalog Record
9995664613408651
Object ID (OID)
10970362

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