A well-dressed, fashionable woman in a hat abundantly adorned with feathers sits in an opera box. She smiles as she leans over the rail, holding an eyeglass on a chain. In her other hand, she holds a bouquet of flowers. She wears drop pearl earrings, a pearl necklace, and a pearl brooch pinned at her breast as well as a bracelet on her wrist
Description:
Title etched in open letters below image. and Imprint based on similar print in the British Museum online catalogue. See British Museum number: 2010,7081.7123.
One in a series of prints published by Fores that parodies the infamous Mulready stationery released by the British Post Office in 1840. Each of the prints is numbered and centers on a different theme, e.g. Fores's comic envelopes, Fores's musical envelope, Fores's alderman envelopes, Fores's hunting envelopes, etc
Description:
Title supplied by cataloger., Other prints in the series attributed to John Leech and dated 1840. See British Museum onlne catalogue., and Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed with loss of imprint statement and title.
