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Iphigenia
Title
Iphigenia [graphic].
Publication
[London] : [publisher not identified], [1 May 1749]
Physical Description
1 print : etching with engraving ; sheet 35.1 x 22.4 cm
Medium
laid paper.
Notes
Title from text below image.
Attributed to Charles Moseley in the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1868,0808.3894.
Date of publication from the British Museum catalogue.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides.
"Price 6 d."--Lower right corner of plate.
Summary
An engraving, showing a scene from the Venetian Ambassadors Masquerade in which Miss Chudleigh appears wearing stockings, shoes, and a tunic, the last covering only a very small portion of her person, and taking off her mask on being seized round the waist by a gentleman. "Punch", "Judy", and another masquerader, George II?, are behind.
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
April 22, 2022
References
Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 3, no. 3032
Subjects
Genre/Form
Early works.
Pictorial works.
Satires (Visual works) - England - 1749.
Etchings - England - London - 1749.
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