Two heads better than one, or, The governess outwitted [graphic].

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Title: Two heads better than one, or, The governess outwitted [graphic].
Alternative Title: Governess outwitted
Creator: Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830, printmaker
Contributor: Fores, S. W., publisher.
Published / Created: [January 1817]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. Jany. 1817 by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
Abstract: "A pretty and elegant young woman kneels on a bed supporting her elbows on the pillow. A woman stands beside her raising the girl's skirt in order to birch her, but finds her posterior covered by a life-sized mask which is a close portrait of herself. She says: "Oh ma foi! dot is mine own Head in t'oder place.""--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Attributed to Charles Williams in the British Museum catalogue.
A close copy in reverse of print published by Holland in 1799: The governess delineated, or, A pretty face spoiled. Note from Andrew Edmunds April 2019.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Mounted on brown paper backing to 31 x 39 cm.
Provenance: From the collection of Sir William Augustus Fraser, Bart., with his stamp in lower right corner of sheet. Andrew Edmunds; April 2019.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 25.7 x 33 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1817
Etchings England London 1817
Stamps
Material: etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Governesses
Child discipline
Beds
Masks
Young adults
Subjects: Governesses
Child discipline
Beds
Masks
Young adults
England > 1817
England > London > 1817
Fraser, William Augustus, Sir, Bart., 1826-1898 > Ownership

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