The lovely Sacarissa dressing for the Pantheon [graphic].
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Description
- Title
- The lovely Sacarissa dressing for the Pantheon [graphic].
- Creator
- Dawe, Philip, printmaker
- Published / Created
- publish'd Feby. 24, 1772.
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- publisher not identified
- Abstract
-
"A stout, ugly, and elderly woman holds in her left hand a barber's block, with a carved head in profile, on which is an elaborate pyramidal wig with ringlets. This she is covering with powder or flour from a dredger. Her hair is short and scanty; on her head is a very large black patch, two smaller ones are on her temple. She is dressed in undergarments, showing stays, and frilled petticoat over which is worn a pocket. Her dress, the bodice of which is almost cylindrical from its stiffening whalebone, is on a stool behind her. Her back is turned to the casement window (right) through which look two grinning old women, wearing frilled muslin caps. Over the window, and over the wall on its left, is a heavily festooned curtain. Sacarissa stands facing a low rectangular table (left), on which are a bottle and wine-glass, a candle (?) in a triangular shade, which is falling over, having apparently been knocked by the wig, patches, a comb, a paper, &c. Behind on the wall, in deep shadow, is a picture of a dome inscribed "The Pantheon"."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
-
Title engraved below image.
Attributed to Philip Dawe in the British Museum catalogue.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
One line of quoted text beneath title: "She blooms in the winter of her days, like the Glastonbury thorn". - Provenance
- White Fox Rare Books; April 2023.
- Extent
- 1 print : sheet 35 x 25 cm
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 772.02.24.02+
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Satires (Visual works) England 1772
Mezzotints England London 1772 - Material
- mezzotint ; and wove paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Geographic)
- England
- Subject (Topic)
-
Clothing & dress
Laughter
Older people
Women
Wigs
Windows
Draperies
Voyeurism - Subjects
-
Clothing & dress > England > 1770-1780
Laughter
Older people
Women
Wigs
Windows
Draperies
Voyeurism
England > 1772
England > London > 1772
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 16640319
- Object ID (OID)
- 33117073