Patent-bolsters le moyèn d'etre en-bon-point. [graphic]

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Title: Patent-bolsters le moyèn d'etre en-bon-point. [graphic]
Creator: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Contributor: Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Published / Created: [13 October 1791]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. Octr. 13th, 1791, by H. Humphrey, N. 18 Old Bond Street
Abstract: "Mrs. Fitzherbert stands beside a dressing-table, her head turned in profile to the left, looking at her reflection in the mirror. She wears petticoat and stays, with a tiara inscribed 'Ich [dien]' and head-dress of three ostrich feathers and drapery. She is very buxom, with conspicuously large breasts, but is about to place a pad or frame across her bust which will increase her 'enbonpoint'. Above the dressing-table hangs an oval bust-portrait of the Prince of Wales surmounted by a crown and 'ich. dien'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Mounted on leaf 18 of volume 8 of 12.
Provenance: From a collection in twelve volumes probably compiled by Francis Harvey and sold at auction, Sotheby, London, June 1900. Bequest of Hugh Dudley Auchincloss to Yale University Library, 1981. Bound by Riviere & Son in three-quarters red morocco with gold tooling and gold lettering on spine.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 27.5 x 18 cm, on sheet 29.4 x 19 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1791
Etchings England London 1791
Material: etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Fitzherbert, Maria Anne, 1756-1837
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830
Subjects: Fitzherbert, Maria Anne, 1756-1837 > Caricatures and cartoons
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830 > Caricatures and cartoons
England > 1791
England > London > 1791
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

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