Fashionable contrasts, or, The Duchess's little shoe yeilding [sic] to the magnitude of the Duke's foot [graphic].

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Title: Fashionable contrasts, or, The Duchess's little shoe yeilding [sic] to the magnitude of the Duke's foot [graphic].
Alternative Title: Duchess's little shoe yeilding to the magnitude of the Duke's foot
Duchess's little shoe yielding to the magnitude of the Duke's foot
Creator: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Contributor: Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Published / Created: [24 January 1792]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. Jany. 24th, 1792, by H. Humphrey, N. 18 Old Bond Street
Abstract: "A pair of masculine legs from below the calf, the feet in large buckled shoes, between the tiny ankles and feet of the Duchess of York wearing jewelled slippers, placed horizontally."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Mounted on leaf 31 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 : sheet 25.6 x 36 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1792
Etchings England London 1792
Material: etching ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827
Frederica Charlotte Ulrica Catherina, Princess, Duchess of York, 1767-1820
Subjects: Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827 > Caricatures and cartoons
Frederica Charlotte Ulrica Catherina, Princess, Duchess of York, 1767-1820 > Caricatures and cartoons
England > 1792
England > London > 1792
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

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