An obese gouty man in trouble, while his attendants cavort. The man's kettle boils over scalding his gouty foot and startling the cat, in his alarm he knocks over the table and snaps the bell-rope; the couple cavorting in the doorway are oblivious to ...
Alternative Title:
Careless attention
Description:
Titles in French and English below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and Great Britain.
Subject (Topic):
Gout, Obesity, Home accidents, Household employees, House furnishings, Fireplaces, Kettles, Cats, Servants, Women domestics, and Lust
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
publish'd 1ts [sic] Iany. 1774.
Call Number:
Bunbury 774.01.01.03 Impression 2
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A young woman standing in an inn in profile to left, holding a gourd and a bowl against her sides, looking ahead, wearing a mob-cap and check apron, with a chair to left, casement window to right and three pictures on the wall behind."--British Museu...
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
publish'd 1ts [sic] Iany. 1774.
Call Number:
Bunbury 774.01.01.03 Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A young woman standing in an inn in profile to left, holding a gourd and a bowl against her sides, looking ahead, wearing a mob-cap and check apron, with a chair to left, casement window to right and three pictures on the wall behind."--British Museu...
Surugue, Louis, approximately 1686 -1762, printmaker, publisher
Published / Created:
[1745]
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 800 v.1 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
Allegorical scene with Decrepitude as an old woman in extravagant costume putting another beauty spot on her face and looking at her reflection in a mirror on a washstand, while Madness personified by young woman with fool's bauble hanging from a sash...
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Chez L. Surugue graveur du roy ruë des Noyers, attenant le Magazin de Papier vis-a-vis St. Yves, A.P.D.R.
Subject (Geographic):
France
Subject (Name):
Ward, John, 1678-1758
Subject (Topic):
Death and burial, Aging, Clothing & dress, Cupids, Cosmetics, Dressing tables, Mirrors, and Women domestics
publish'd according to act of Parliament, 1 August 1748.
Call Number:
748.08.01.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
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...
Alternative Title:
Addresse du faiseur de corps au dames
Description:
Titles engraved below image, in English and French.
Publisher:
Sold by C. Moseley, engraver & printseller in Round Court in the Strand
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Topic):
Fashion, Foundation garments, Women's clothing, Clothing & dress, Tailors, and Women domestics
