A tartan belle of 1792 [graphic].

[London] : Pub. June 21, 1792, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly, [21 June 1792]

1 print : etching ; plate mark 31.2 x 22.6 cm, on sheet 32 x 23 cm

laid paper

Temporary local subject terms: Female costume.

"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.

English

March 09, 2007

Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6, no. 8193

Costumes > Scottish.