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A Gallic beauty
Title
A Gallic beauty [graphic] / Williams fecit.
Publication
London : Pubd. March 1815 by J. Johnson, 98 Cheapside, [March 1815]
Physical Description
1 print : etching with stipple ; sheet 32.8 x 22.1 cm
Medium
wove paper
Local Notes
Temporary local subject terms: Female costume, 1815 -- Irish -- Parasols.
Notes
Title from caption below image.
For a reissue published 20 March 1823 by S.W. Fores, see no. 14631 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 10.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Provenance
Sotheby's Lot 238 [Car. II] to Seven Gables, 2 July 1968.
Summary
"An elegant young woman in a very décolletée dress with lace flounce reaching to the calf walks towards the spectator, gracefully raising her dress in her right hand in a manner suitable only to a long skirt. A much-feathered hat frames her face; she wears long gloves, and carries a (closed) fringed parasol, fringed shawl, and a reticule. She walks down a grass slope backed by forest trees. Behind is a church spire."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state.
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
March 25, 2010
Subjects
Genre/Form
Satires (Visual works) - England - 1815.
Etchings - England - London - 1815.
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