"A lady, young and handsome, stands in profile to the left holding a closed fan in both hands. She wears one garment only, a quasi-classical tunic, its waist immediately below the breasts which are almost bare. It is slit at the side to show a leg with gartered stocking. Her hair is bound with a ribbon and falls loosely on forehead and shoulders. In it are three ostrich feathers. A panelled wall, with a candle-sconce and showing part of a large mirror (left), forms a background. There is a patterned carpet. Perhaps a portrait of Lady C. Campbell."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image. and Printmaker identified as Gillray in the British Museum catalogue.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jany. 20th, 1796, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
"A fashionable crowd, with two card-tables, a round table in the foreground (left) at which four persons play Pope-Joan; the most conspicuous is a pretty young woman directed to the left, her loose semi-transparent draperies revealing her person and leaving her breasts almost uncovered. A leering man stands behind her chair, negligently holding candle-snuffers to a candle on the table, in order to peer down her décolletage. A stout lady in back view, sitting on a stool (identified as Lady Buckinghamshire, but (?) Duchess of Gordon), a little girl, and an elderly man (identified as Dr. Sneyd) complete the table. On the right is another card-table at which three persons are playing. Standing figures freely sketched form a background, the whole design being dominated by the erect feathers of the ladies, usually springing from a turban."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Peeping-Tom spying out Pope-Joan
Description:
Title etched below image. and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Pubd. March 12th, 1796, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
Title etched at bottom of image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Numbered 'Plate 16' in upper left corner., Placement instructions 'Page 37' in upper right corner., Plate from: Woodwad, G.M. Eccentric excursions, 1796., and Temporary local subject terms: Sergeants at law -- Legal wigs.
Publisher:
Pubd. Septr. 10, 1796, by Allen & West, 15 Paternoster Row
Title from caption below images, Publisher's advertisement following imprint: Folios of caricatures lent out for the evening., Design divided into eight compartments, each containing a figure with a caption etched above., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Shaving -- Male costume: Shirts.
Publisher:
Publish'd April 16th, 1796, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly, corner of Sackvill [sic] Street
Title from item., Printmaker identified from the original drawing in the Huntington Library and by George., No. 168 in the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls., One line of text below image: Pam saves me. A flush., Plate numbered '168' in lower left corner., Temporary local subject terms: Cards: loo -- Cards: Pam -- Gambling -- Furniture: chairs -- Card tables., and Watermark: (partial) Strasburg bend.
Publisher:
Published 20th Feby. 1796 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
A satire on women's fashion. Three women stand outside and strike poses that show off their attire: dresses that expose their breasts and/or legs, and extravagant headdresses adorned with pearls or large feathers
Alternative Title:
Lunatics out of Bedlam!
Description:
Title etched below image., Publisher's street address and date of publication have been mostly removed from end of imprint statement; month and day of publication from Alexander., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Pubd. by W. Holland
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Fashion, Clothing & dress, Women, Fans (Accessories), and Feathers
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark at bottom edge., Printseller's announcement following publication statement: Folios of carricatures [sic] lent out for the evening., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Trades: butchers -- Shops: butcher's shop -- Prosperity vs. poverty -- Furniture: tri-legged stool., Watermark: Strasburg lily., and Printseller's stamp in lower right of sheet: S.W.F.
