Venus attired by the Graces [graphic]

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.
Provenance: Old Print Shop ; 1961.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 24 x 36 cm
Language: English

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: Public
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