The finishing touch [graphic].

Description

Title: The finishing touch [graphic].
Creator: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker.
Contributor: Archer, Sarah West,--Lady,--1741-1801--Caricatures and cartoons.
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Published / Created: 1791 September 29
Copyright Date: [29 September 1791]
Publication Place: [London]
Publisher: H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
Abstract: "Lady Archer sits in profile to the right before her dressing-table, applying rouge to her cheek with a brush. Her notoriously painted cheek is blotched with drink. She is dressed for driving, wearing a coat of masculine cut, and a skirt which is short enough to show stockings above laced half-boots. A high-crowned hat trimmed with feathers is poised on her hair; on her vulture-like nose glasses are perched, her profile being reflected in the draped mirror. Through an open window (left) appears her high phaeton."--British Museum online catalogue.
Description: Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Title etched below image.
Extent: 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 27.5 x 17.9 cm, on sheet 33 x 20 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Format: still image
Genre: Etchings--England--London--1791.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1791.
Subject (Name): Archer, Sarah West,--Lady,--1741-1801--Caricatures and cartoons.
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Subject (Topic): Boudoirs.
Carriages & coaches.
Cosmetics.
Dressing tables.
Eyeglasses.
Mirrors.
Reflections.
Riding habits.
Sash windows.
Sconces.

Access: Public
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Citation: Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6, no. 7973
Wright, T. Historical and descriptive account of the caricatures by James Gillray, no. 383
Wright, T. Works of James Gillray, the caricaturist with the history of his life and times, p. 136