A city taylor's wife dressing for the Pantheon [graphic]

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Title: A city taylor's wife dressing for the Pantheon [graphic]
Creator: Wilson, James, approximately 1735-approximately 1786, printmaker
Contributor: Martin, Elias, 1739-1818, artist.
Humphrey, William, approximately 1740-approximately 1810, publisher.
Published / Created: [5 February 1772]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Publish'd 5th Feby. 1772 by W. Humphrey, St. Martin's Lane
Abstract: A fashionably dressed woman sitting behind a table is taking a necklace out of a box; she has three large black spots on her face. She looks with disdain at her enraged husband in old-fashioned clothes and a nightcap, sitting next to her, his fists clenched and despair on his face. In his lap lies a pair of breeches he is sewing; above on the wall of their meagre abode hangs an advertisement placard next to which is drawn a small stag's head with antlers
Description: Title engraved below image.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Provenance: Donald A. Heald, New York City; 5 August 1998;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 35.0 x 25 cm, on sheet 39 x 27 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1773
Mezzotints England London 1773
Material: mezzotint ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Adultery
Couples
Jewelry boxes
Scissors & shears
Sewing equipment & supplies
Sexually transmitted diseases
Tailors
Wall newspapers
Subjects: Adultery
Couples
Jewelry boxes
Scissors & shears
Sewing equipment & supplies
Sexually transmitted diseases
Tailors
Wall newspapers
England > 1773
England > London > 1773

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