Beauty and fashion [graphic].

Published/Created:

[London] :
Publish'd 24th Jany 1797, by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London,
[24 January 1797]

Physical Description:

1 print : mezzotint on wove paper ; plate mark 35.4 x 25.2 cm, on sheet 41 x 29 cm.

Notes:

Title engraved below image.
Plate numbered '383' in lower right corner.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.

Abstract:

Two well-dressed young women sit in chairs opposite each other over a table on which are placed scissors, fabric, and ribbon and other sewing notions. They each are sewing , the woman facing the views attaches a large feather to a hat. The room is well-furnished with wallpaper, a patterned rug and a mirror on the wall behind them.

Topics:

Clothing & dress--England--1790-1800.
Hats.
Interiors.
Parlors.
Rugs.
Sewing.
Wallpapers.

Topics:

Laurie & Whittle, publisher.

Language:

English

Genre:

Genre prints--England--1797.
Mezzotints--England--London--1797.

Format:

Image

Rights:

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Call Number:

797.01.24.01+

Orbis Record:

8117621

Yale Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Digital Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Local Record Number:

lwlpr08882

OID:

11106046

PID:

digcoll:976734