Modern-elegance [graphic] : a portrait.

Description

Title: Modern-elegance [graphic] : a portrait.
Creator: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker.
Contributor: Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Bury, Charlotte Campbell,--Lady,--1775-1861--Caricatures and cartoons.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Published / Created: 1795 May 22
Copyright Date: [22 May 1795]
Publication Place: [London]
Publisher: H. Humphrey, No. 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: Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Title etched below image.
Extent: 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 35.2 x 24.9 cm, on sheet 36 x 27 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Format: still image
Genre: Annotations (Provenance)--18th century.--CtY-LW
Etchings--England--London--1795.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1795.
Watermarks (Paper)--Edmeads & Co.--1811.--CtY-BR
Subject (Name): Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Bury, Charlotte Campbell,--Lady,--1775-1861--Caricatures and cartoons.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Subject (Topic): Clothing & dress--England--1790-1800.

Access: Public
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Citation: Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7, no. 8719
Wright, T. Historical and descriptive account of the caricatures by James Gillray, no. 400
Wright, T. Works of James Gillray, the caricaturist with the history of his life and times, p. 196