Title from item., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on right., Variant state, without plate number. Cf. No. 4501 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., and Temporary local subject terms: Interiors: inn kitchen -- Trades: coachman -- Waiting woman -- Dishes: tankard -- Pewter plates -- Cutlery: knife -- Fireplaces: fender -- Beverages: beer -- Food: cheese -- Lighting: candlesticks -- Sun -- Whips.
Publisher:
Printed for Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard
Title engraved below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Four lines of verse in two columns below title: What raptures steal thro' ev'ry nerve and vein, when the mouth yawns and when the muscles strain ..., Companion print to: The studious yawner., Plate numbered 'No. 4' in lower left corner., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Candlelight pictures -- Lighting: candle with a screen -- Yawning -- Sewing., and Watermark: Grapes.
Publisher:
Printed for Carington Bowles, Map & Printseller, at No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Wilson, James, approximately 1735-approximately 1786, printmaker
Published / Created:
publish'd as the act directs, A.D. 1769.
Call Number:
769.00.00.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In an oval frame, a half-length portrait of woman with a black veil over her head looks left. In her right hand she holds a mask; around her neck is cross. She wears pearl earrings, pearls in her hair, and a strand hangs from the jeweled rose at her breast
Alternative Title:
Fair nun unmasked
Description:
Title engraved below image., Printmaker identified in Chaloner Smith who based his description on the 1780 copy published by Sayer., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Plate numbered '8' in lower left corner., Two lines of verse below title: On her white breast a sparkling cross she wore ... Pope., Reversed copy of this print was published in 1780., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Female costume: masquerade dress -- Allusion to 'The Fair Nun' -- Literature: quotation from The rape of the lock, canto ii.7, by Alexander Pope, 1688-1744., and Watermark.
Publisher:
Printed for Carington Bowles, Map & Printseller, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Subject (Topic):
Accessories (Clothing & dress), Dancers, Jewelry, Masks, and Masquerades
Title from item., Plate numbered 'No. 3' in lower left corner., Four lines of verse in two columns below title: Ye wakeful read what drowsy men compose and feel the yawning charms of sleepy prose ..., Companion print to: The drowsy dame., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Candlelight pictures -- Lighting: candle with a screen.
Publisher:
Printed for Carington Bowles, Map & Printseller, at No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
