The finishing touch [graphic].

Published/Created:

[London]
Pubd. Sepr. 29th, 1791, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
[29 September 1791]

Copyright Date:

[29 September 1791]

Physical Description:

1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 27.5 x 17.9 cm, on sheet 33 x 20 cm

Related Links:

Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6, no. 7973
Wright, T. Works of James Gillray, the caricaturist with the history of his life and times, p. 136
Wright, T. Historical and descriptive acc

Notes:

Title etched below image.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Alfred Bowditch Collection; December 1966; Acquisitions no.: 966-12-5-149.
Mounted to 37 x 24 cm.

Abstract:

"Lady Archer sits in profile to the right before her dressing-table, applying rouge to her cheek with a brush. Her notoriously painted cheek is blotched with drink. She is dressed for driving, wearing a coat of masculine cut, and a skirt which is short enough to show stockings above laced half-boots. A high-crowned hat trimmed with feathers is poised on her hair; on her vulture-like nose glasses are perched, her profile being reflected in the draped mirror. Through an open window (left) appears her high phaeton."--British Museum online catalogue.

Associated Names:

Gillray, James, 1756-1815 [Printmaker]
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817 [Publisher]

Topics:

Archer, Sarah West, Lady, 1741-1801
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley
Boudoirs
Carriages & coaches
Cosmetics
Dressing tables
Eyeglasses
Harvey, Francis
Mirrors
Reflections
Riding habits
Riviere & Son
Sash windows
Sconces

Language:

English

Genre:

Etchings -- England -- London -- 1791
Satires (Visual works) -- England -- 1791

Format:

Image

Content Type:

Prints & Photographs

Rights:

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Call Number:

791.09.29.01 Impression 1

Orbis Record:

7777589

Yale Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Digital Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Local Record Number:

lwlpr07229

Volume/Enumeration:

Digital version

OID:

10732638

PID:

digcoll:552720