The summer shower, or Mademoiselle par, a pluye

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Title: The summer shower, or Mademoiselle par, a pluye
Alternative Title: Mademoiselle par, a pluye
Mademoiselle parapluie
Contributor: Stubbs, George Townly, -1815?, publisher.
Published / Created: [16 May 1786]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pub'd May 16, 1786, by G.T. Stubs[sic], Peters Court St. Martins Lane
Abstract: "A lady shelters a number of persons under her enormous hat and the other excrescences of her dress. Two men stand under the brim of her hat; a little girl stands under her projecting bosom; an older boy sits behind her on the ground under her projecting petticoats. They are under a tree whose trunk is on the left."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
For "Par, a Pluye" read "parapluie".
Temporary local subject terms: Ladies' costumes -- Derrières -- Bosoms -- Enourmous hat.
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. iv.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 23.2 x 28 cm
Language: English

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