Breast-work, or Female fortification

Description

Title: Breast-work, or Female fortification
Alternative Title: Female fortification
Creator: T., R., printmaker
Contributor: Fores, S. W., publisher.
Published / Created: [15 March 1786]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Published March 15, 1786, by S.W. Fores, at the Caracature Warehouse, No.3 Piccadilly
Description: Title from item.
Four lines of verse below title on plate: And now the dear cratures appear / As if for hot action inclin'd for / With breast-work projecting in front, / And extended bumbatteries behind, sir. [Signed] vide Paddy O'Brien.
Price printed in lower right corner: 1..6.
Temporary local subject terms: Ladies' costumes -- Fortification breastworks.
Watermark in center of sheet: C Patch.
Provenance: Maggs ; 1964.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 27.8 x 22 cm, on sheet 29.8 x 23 cm
Language: English

Access: Public
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