Venus attired by the Graces [graphic]

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11861012

Description

Title
Venus attired by the Graces [graphic]
Creator
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Contributor
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Published / Created
[8 December 1800]
Publication Place
London
Publisher
Publish'd Decr. 8th, 1800, by H. Humphrey, St. James's Street
Abstract

"A fat ugly woman sits squarely on a stool, in stays and petticoat with clumsy ungartered stockings. Three women, grotesquely ugly, advance towards her, one with a cap, the other with a petticoat, a third with a chamber-pot. On the ground are combs, hair-tongs, tankard, pin-cushion, fan, and garters, one inscribed 'Set thy thoughts on things above'. Said to be a satire on 'some vulgar fashionable'."--British Museum online catalogue

Description
Title etched below image.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Temporary local subject terms: Female dress, 1800 -- Female fashion -- Pincushions -- Tankards -- Garters -- Hair-tongs.
1 print : etching & stipple engraving with aquatint on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 25.3 x 35.6 cm, on sheet 28.6 x 39.3 cm.
Mounted on leaf 44 of volume 10 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 24 x 36 cm
Extent of Digitization
This object has been completely digitized.
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number
Auchincloss Gillray v. 10

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Satires (Visual works) England 1800
Stipple engravings England London 1800
Etchings England London 1800
Material
etching and stipple engraving with aquatint ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type
still image
Subject (Name)
Venus (Roman deity)
Subject (Topic)
Fashion
Vanity and pride
Clothing & dress
Fans (Accessories)
Drinking vessels
Chamber pots
Combs
Subjects
Venus (Roman deity)
Fashion
Vanity and pride
Clothing & dress
Fans (Accessories)
Drinking vessels
Chamber pots
Combs
England > 1800
England > London > 1800
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

Access And Usage Rights

Access
Public
Rights
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Identifiers

Orbis Record
8258835
Object ID (OID)
11861012

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