The stay-maker [graphic] : from an original sketch in oil by Hogarth in the possession of Mr. Saml. Ireland / etch'd by Jos. Haynes pupil to the late Mr. Mortimer.

[London] : Publish'd as the act directs Febry. 1, 1782 at No. 3 Clements Inn, [1 February 1782]

1 print : etching with engraving ; plate mark 31.2 x 39 cm, on sheet 34.3 x 45 cm

laid paper.

Title etched below image.

George Steevens bequeathed this collection to William Windham (1750-1810). At Windham's death, the collection was put up for sale on 20 July 1810 and was bought in by Mrs. Windham at 292 guineas; by descent through the Windham family; Sotheby's, 17 February 1919 to Dyson Perrins for £400; Sotheby's sale including Property of the Late C.W. Dyson Perrins, Esq., 11 June 1959, lot 100 purchased by Maggs Bros. for W.S. Lewis for £1300.

After 'The Staymaker' by Hogarth: A man standing on the left, fitting a bodice for a young woman who stands holding the stays together and looking back over her shoulder at a mirror held by a maid who stands behind her; on the right, the husband kiss his small child who is held by the nurse who kisses his bare bottom. Another child pours wine into a tricorne hat. A young man (center) walks toward the staymaker and the boy's mother(?); behind him is the hearth.

English

November 15, 2013