The breeches in the fiera maschereta [graphic].
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Description
- Title
- The breeches in the fiera maschereta [graphic].
- Contributor
- Darly, Matthias, approximately 1720-approximately 1778, publisher.
- Published / Created
- 25 Apl. 1775.
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pub. by MDarly, 39 Strand
- Abstract
-
"An enormous pair of breeches reaching from the head to the feet of the wearer, and forming his (or her) sole visible garment. A face in profile to the right. appears through an unbuttoned aperture; on the wearer's head is a ducal coronet surmounted by large ostrich-feathers. The tiny high-heeled shoes suggest that the wearer is a woman."--British Museum online catalogue
"A companion-print to British Museum Satires No. 5315, where the wearer of a petticoat appears to be a man. They are perhaps caricatures of a ducal pair where the husband was dominated by an overbearing wife, in which case she would appear to be Jane Maxwell (1749?-1812), wife of the 4th Duke of Gordon. The profile makes this not unlikely."--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue
- Description
-
Title etched below image.
Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram.
On same sheet: The petticoat at the fieri maschareta. [London] : Pub. Apr. 25, 1775, by MDarly, 39 Strand, [25 April 1775]. - Provenance
- Suckling; June 1956;
- Extent
- 1 print : plate mark 17.4 x 12.6 cm, on sheet 21.8 x 29.9 cm
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 775.04.25.01
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
- Etchings England London 1775
- Material
- etching ; and laid paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Geographic)
- England
- Subject (Name)
- Maxwell, Jane, approximately 1749-1812.
- Subject (Topic)
-
Masquerades
Clothing & dress - Subjects
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Maxwell, Jane, approximately 1749-1812
Masquerades
Clothing & dress > England > 1775
England > London > 1775
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 6448969
- Object ID (OID)
- 16740496
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