Modern-elegance a portrait. [graphic]

Description

Title: Modern-elegance a portrait. [graphic]
Creator: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Contributor: Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Published / Created: [22 May 1795]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. May 22d, 1795, by H. Humphrey, N. 37 New Bond Street
Abstract: A lady sits in an armchair, her head titled back to the side so that she can see her reflection in the large mirror on the wall behind her. She wears a loose high-waisted dress, giving the appearance of pregnancy, her full figure and large breasts are well-defined. She is wearing gloves and a turban adorned with ostrich feathers. Long locks of hair escaped from the turban, and she holds a fan in her right hand. Beneath the chair is a patterned carpet
Description: Title etched below image.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark at bottom edge.
Manuscript note below image identifies the sitter as Lady Charlotte Cambell.
Provenance: Walter Schatzki; June 1960.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 35.2 x 24.9 cm, on sheet 36 x 27 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1795
Etchings England London 1795
Annotations (Provenance) 18th century
Watermarks (Paper) Edmeads & Co. 1811
Material: etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): England
Subject (Name): Bury, Charlotte Campbell, Lady, 1775-1861
Subject (Topic): Clothing & dress
Subjects: Bury, Charlotte Campbell, Lady, 1775-1861 > Caricatures and cartoons
Clothing & dress > England > 1790-1800
England > 1795
England > London > 1795
18th century
Edmeads & Co. > 1811
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

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