Title
A tartan belle of 1792 [graphic].
Publication
[London] : Pub. June 21, 1792, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly, [21 June 1792]
Physical Description
1 print : etching ; plate mark 31.2 x 22.6 cm, on sheet 32 x 23 cm
Local Notes
Temporary local subject terms: Female costume.
Notes
Title from item.
Printmaker from British Museum online catalogue.
Summary
"A young woman walks mincingly (left to right), her left hand extended, in her right is a large closed fan. Check or tartan ribbons form the crown of her hat and the bows with which it is trimmed. A similar tartan is worn as a pelerine, crossed at the waist and tied in a bow, long voluminous ends hanging down the back of her dress. A tartan ribbon is tied to the handle of her fan. From the brim of her hat, in which is an erect ostrich feather, hangs a transparent curtain of gauze. Her hair, cut short across the forehead, hangs down her back in a long queue, tied up at the end with a bow. There is a landscape background."--British Museum online catalogue.
Added to Catalog
March 09, 2007
References
Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6, no. 8193
Genre/Form
Satires (Visual works) - England - 1792.
Etchings - England - London - 1792.