A French invasion on the fashionable dress of 1798 [graphic]

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Title: A French invasion on the fashionable dress of 1798 [graphic]
Contributor: Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, artist.
L., G., artist.
Published / Created: [1798]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: publisher not identified
Abstract: "Social satire; a tall thin man with a tasselled tricorn hat in one hand and wearing a sword, wig, buckled shoes and rings on both hands steps forward towards a large lady with a wreath in her hair, beauty spots, several rings, a cupid's bow and arrow on a ribbon round her neck, a large muff, and a very low decolletage; behind them their two dogs mimic their actions; the man asks "Beauty need note de foraine aid of ornamen but ees ven unadorn adorn de mos.", to which the woman replies "I really cannot resist the pleasing truth of the bewitching Markeee. - - ah! Sweet Sir I yield, ah!""--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Attributed to Cruikshank on unverified card catalog record.
Imprint burnished from plate. Originally published in 1798.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Song is an allusion to the Roast beef of Old England.
Watermark: John Hall 1825.
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. vii.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 23.6 x 35 cm, on sheet 25 x 37 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1798
Stipple engravings England London 1825
Etchings England London 1825
Watermarks (Paper) John Hall 1825
Material: etching & stipple engraving ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Bracelets
Courtship
Dogs
Dandies
French
Jewelry
Miniatures (Paintings)
Obesity
Pendants (Jewelry)
Rings
Subjects: Bracelets
Courtship
Dogs
Dandies > French
Jewelry
Miniatures (Paintings)
Obesity
Pendants (Jewelry)
Rings
England > 1798
England > London > 1825
John Hall 1825

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