LGBTQ Resource and Teaching resource: Professor George Chauncey, History 460 / American Studies 353 / Women's, Gender, & Sexuality Studies 348, Selected Topics in Lesbian and Gay History
A young woman sits curled in a chair before a fire in a grate, looking directly at the viewer with a seductive gaze. Beside her a cat is curled up begging to be petted
Description:
Title from item., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Printseller's identification stamp in lower right corner of sheet: S·W·F.
Publisher:
Pub'd July 1st, 1802 by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Topic):
Cats, Fireplaces, Seduction, Women, and Young adults
LGBTQ resource and Teaching resource: Professor George Chauncey, History 460 / American Studies 353 / Women's, Gender, & Sexuality Studies 348, Selected Topics in Lesbian and Gay History
"Above are two fashionably dressed courtesans (three-quarter length) seated facing each other; one (right) holds a punch-bowl, the other, who looks at the spectator with a leer, holds a glass. Below, two burly women, prostitutes of the lowest type, stand together, full face, one (left) with her arm across the shoulders of the other."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
St. Giles's
Description:
Titles etched below corresponding image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., and Reissue by Fores, with original publication year changed from '2' to '4'.
Publisher:
Publish'd by T. Rowlandson, Strand, Jany. 1794 & S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Prostitutes, Tableware, and Women
"Four figures of ladies caricaturing the dress of the period. The upper pair face each other in profile, one with feathers in her much puffed-out hair, the other with a wide hat tied under her chin (a Werter hat, cf. BMSat 7054). Below, one (left) stands full-face, the other stands in profile to the left with her head in back view, showing the arrangement of her hair. The fashions satirized are the puffed-out breasts, see BMSat 7099, &c, the false 'derrières', see BMSat 6874, &c., hairdressing and large muffs, see BMSat 7244, &c. The hair is much extended on each side of the head and divided at the back by a queue reaching below the waist."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Telles choses sont
Description:
Title etched below image., Attribution to Mercer from the British Museum catalogue: According to Angelo, a series of plates, four figures on each, was designed by Mercer, a military officer, with the title applied from Mrs. Inchbald's comed. Cf. Angelo, H. Reminiscences of Henry Angelo, 1904, vol. 1, p. 328., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Watermakr: J. Whatman.
Publisher:
Publishd April 2nd, 1787, by S.W. Fores at the Caricature Warehouse, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Inchbald, Mrs., 1753-1821.
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Dandies, British, French, and Women
"Four figures of ladies caricaturing the dress of the period. The upper pair face each other in profile, one with feathers in her much puffed-out hair, the other with a wide hat tied under her chin (a Werter hat, cf. British Museum Satires No. 7054). Below, one (left) stands full-face, the other stands in profile to the left with her head in back view, showing the arrangement of her hair. The fashions satirized are the puffed-out breasts, see BMSat 7099, &c, the false 'derrières', see BMSat 6874, &c., hairdressing and large muffs, see BMSat 7244, &c. The hair is much extended on each side of the head and divided at the back by a queue reaching below the waist."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state
Alternative Title:
Telles choses sont
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Mercer: According to Henry Angelo, a series of plates, four figures on each, was designed by Mercer, a military officer, with the title applied from Mrs. Inchbald's comedy. Cf. Angelo, H. Reminiscences of Henry Angelo, 1904, v. 1, page 328., Variant (probably earlier) state, lacking the verse beneath title that appears in the later state. See no. 7252 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., Mounted to 40 x 33 cm., and Watermark: W.
Publisher:
Pub'd 2d Aprill 1787 by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Inchbald, Mrs., 1753-1821.
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Dandies, British, French, and Women
Within the frame of an oval 'window', one well-dressed young woman sits facing the viewer with her back to the wall, looking intently at a watch in her right hand. Her companion leans on the back of a chair, facing the seated woman, her back to the viewer. She points to the wall-clock which hangs on the wall behind the sitter as does a mirror which is positioned so as to see the back of the sitter's head and the faint outline of her companion. In the right foreground on an oval table at the sitter's elbow sits a tea tray -- two cups and saucers, a creamer, a small teapot, and a box. Also on the table stands a samovar
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of all but top sliver of imprint statement., An early work by Morland that is a campanion painting to "The novelists", both of which use his wife and sister, wife of William Ward, as the two women models. Cf. Memoirs of the life of the late George Morland / by J. Hassell. London : J. Cundee [etc.], 1806, Appendix no. 78., and Two lines of verse on either side of title: This tormenting suspence my fond hopes o'er cast, lest the youth of my choice prove unkind. Be patient sweet, Mistress, the appointment's not past, and I'm certian he'll not be behind.
