Peepers in Bond Street, or, The cause of the lounge!! [graphic]

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Title: Peepers in Bond Street, or, The cause of the lounge!! [graphic]
Alternative Title: Cause of the lounge!!
Creator: Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
Contributor: Fores, S. W., publisher.
Published / Created: [17 April 1793]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pub. April 17st [sic], 1793, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly ...
Abstract: "Two pretty women leave a shop (left) to enter a coach whose back is towards the spectator. The foremost (? Duchess of Rutland), raising her petticoats high, puts a foot on the step. She is followed by (?) Lady Jersey, who crosses a step laid across a barred area or cellar, also raising her petticoats. A little girl (left) stands in the doorway. The legs of the ladies are eagerly inspected by male loungers. One man crouches at the back of the coach to peep through a quizzing-glass. The roadway on the right of the coach is crowded. Men with telescopes are indicated in the windows of the houses (right). Other spectators stand in the cellar or area looking upwards through the bars. The cover of a coal-hole in the pavement is pushed aside to show a profile. ..."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Printmaker Isaac Cruikshank's initials are incorporated into the design, etched within the escutcheon on the back of the coach.
Date in imprint transcribed as "April 1st, 1793" in the British Museum catalogue; etched lines resembling a "7" are found beneath the superscript "st" but may not actually represent a digit.
Imprint continues: ... who has just fitted up his Exhibition in an entire novel stile, admitance [sic] 1 shg. N. folios of caracatures lent out.
Provenance: Maggs Bros.; December 2023.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 25 x 41 cm, on sheet 27.2 x 43 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English