The staymakers address to the ladies = L'addresse du faiseur de corps au dames

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Title: The staymakers address to the ladies = L'addresse du faiseur de corps au dames
Alternative Title: Addresse du faiseur de corps au dames
Contributor: Mosley, Charles, approximately 1713-approximately 1756, publisher.
Published / Created: publish'd according to act of Parliament, 1 August 1748.
Publication Place: London and England London
Publisher: Sold by C. Moseley, engraver & printseller in Round Court in the Strand
Abstract: A satire on women's fashion in the middle of the 18th century: in a richly appointed room, an elegant young woman with imposing stature looks the viewer in the eye as she is being measured (perhaps suggestively) by a gentleman staymaker while her maid looks on and assists
Description: Titles engraved below image, in English and French.
Twelve lines of verse, entirely in English, in two columns beneath titles: The shape and dress of evr'y fair, Fill all her thoughts with anxious care. If Nature shews some ugly part, How does it vex her tender heart. ...
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum.
Watermark: Countermark LV in center of sheet.
Provenance: Maggs Bros.; November 2025.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 30.2 x 20.7 cm, on sheet 31.5 x 22 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English
French

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1748
Engravings England London 1748
Watermarks (Paper)
Material: engraving ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): Great Britain.
Subject (Topic): Fashion
Foundation garments
Women's clothing
Clothing & dress
Tailors
Women domestics
Subjects: Fashion > Great Britain
Foundation garments > Great Britain
Women's clothing > Great Britain
Clothing & dress
Tailors
Women domestics
England > 1748
England > London > 1748