The finishing touch [graphic].

Description

Title: The finishing touch [graphic].
Creator: Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
Contributor: Laurie & Whittle, publisher.
Published / Created: [13 October 1794]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Published 13th Octr. 1794 by Laurie & Whittle, No. 53 Fleet Street, London
Abstract: "A pretty young woman leans back in an arm-chair while a hairdresser applies paint to her face from a small box. She wears a morning-gown which leaves her breast much exposed. A woman (left) stands full-face behind her chair pouring out a glass of 'Hollands'. On the right is a dressing-table. L. & W., No. 127 (where the title continues, 'of an Impure's Face')."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title from item.
Printmaker from the British Museum catalogue; original drawing is in the Huntington Library.
No. 127 in Laurie & Whittle Drolls series.
Temporary local subject terms: Trades: hairdressers -- Female costume: morning dress -- Furniture -- Domestic service: woman-servant -- Beverages.
Watermark (partial): Strasburg bend, top of sheet.
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 20.1 x 25 cm, on sheet 23 x 29 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1794
Etchings England London 1794
Watermarks (Paper)
Material: etching with stipple ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Cosmetics
Dressing tables
Women domestics
Wine
Subjects: Cosmetics
Dressing tables
Women domestics
Wine
England > 1794
England > London > 1794

Access: Public
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