Wilson, James, approximately 1735-approximately 1786, printmaker
Published / Created:
[5 February 1772]
Call Number:
772.02.05.02.1+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A fashionably dressed woman sitting behind a table is taking a necklace out of a box; she has three large black spots on her face. She looks with disdain at her enraged husband in old-fashioned clothes and a nightcap, sitting next to her, his fists clenched and despair on his face. In his lap lies a pair of breeches he is sewing; above on the wall of their meagre abode hangs a small stag's head with antlers
Alternative Title:
City tailor's wife dressing for the Pantheon
Description:
Title engraved below image., Later state, with plate reworked to include an altered publication line and changes to the design. For an earlier state published by William Humphrey that has an advertisement placard present on the back wall among other differences, see Lewis Walpole Library call no.: 772.02.05.02+., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Publish'd 5th Feby. 1772 by Heny. Parker at No. 82 in Cornhill, London
Wilson, James, approximately 1735-approximately 1786, printmaker
Published / Created:
[5 February 1772]
Call Number:
772.02.05.02+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A fashionably dressed woman sitting behind a table is taking a necklace out of a box; she has three large black spots on her face. She looks with disdain at her enraged husband in old-fashioned clothes and a nightcap, sitting next to her, his fists clenched and despair on his face. In his lap lies a pair of breeches he is sewing; above on the wall of their meagre abode hangs an advertisement placard next to which is drawn a small stag's head with antlers
Description:
Title engraved below image. and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Publish'd 5th Feby. 1772 by W. Humphrey, St. Martin's Lane
The figure of a barber in profile made from various tools of his trade: wigs, brushes, scissors, etc
Description:
Title from caption below image., Two lines of text below title: "Twixt man and horse comparison can't harbour: let Arabs boast of Barbs, but here's a barber! -T. H., 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:
Published June 1, 1829 by W.B. Cooke, 9 Soho Square
Subject (Topic):
Barbers, Scissors & shears, and Arcimboldesque figures
Title from item., Date from upper margin text., Place of publication derived from street address., In upper margin: Salon Caricatural de 1843.; 3., Below caption: (La Bible salon M. Steuben.), Published in Le Charivari., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Pedicure.
Publisher:
Chez Pannier & Cie. R. du Croissant, 16 and Imp. d'Aubert & Compie
Subject (Topic):
Podiatry, Foot, Care and hygiene, Diseases, Angels, Scissors & shears, Slippers, Fear, and Sick persons