Against the wall on two sides of the interior of a ladies' cloak-room at Vauxhall, a bench forms a latrine on which four fashionably dressed ladies are seated. On the right a woman resembling Lady Archer is shown in profile looking to the right as she applies paint to her cheeks in front of a mirror lit by two candles. A young woman seated beside her on the extreme right ties up her garter; this is inscribed 'on things (?) eternal'. She wears a large nosegay. All the women wear hats and have large bosoms and derrières except one, whose hair is ornamented with feathers, &c. On the ground are a glove, a nosegay, and papers inscribed 'Dr Leak venereal' [maker of much-advertised pills], &c. The room is lit by single candles in sconces
Description:
Title etched below image., Attribution to Kingsbury in British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Watermark.
Publisher:
Pub May 14 1788, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Archer, Sarah West, Lady, 1741-1801
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & drews, Mirrors, Privies, Sconces, and Sexually transmitted diseases
Title and publisher supplied by curator/translator., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and In upper margin in pencil, handwritten translation. Government seal in lower left.
Publisher:
Department of Health
Subject (Topic):
Flies as carriers of disease, Cholera, Vaccination, Public health, Sanitation, Hygiene, Health education, Eating & drinking, Flies, Larvae, and Privies
Title and publisher supplied by curator/translator., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and In upper margin in pencil, handwritten translation of title.
Publisher:
Department of Health
Subject (Topic):
Flies as carriers of disease, Cholera, Vaccination, Public health, Sanitation, Hygiene, Health education, Eating & drinking, Flies, Larvae, and Privies