Corinthian steamers, or, Costumes and customs of 1820 [graphic].
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Description
- Title
- Corinthian steamers, or, Costumes and customs of 1820 [graphic].
- Alternative Title
- Costumes and customs of 1820
- Creator
- Heath, William, 1795-1840, printmaker
- Contributor
- Fores, S. W., publisher.
- Published / Created
- [26 February 1820]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pub. Feb. 26, 1820 by S.W. Fores 41 Picadilli [sic]
- Abstract
-
"A promenade, with clouds added in watercolour as the only background; dandies are smoking cheroots and puffing out clouds of smoke. One stoops, puffing into a lady's face which is thus completely hidden; she staggers back; on an ascending cloud are the words Fond of Steaming Ladies? do you Smoke it, Eh! A second man stands over him, also smoking hard. On the left a dandy's moustache is blazing, he staggers back, his hat falling, his cheroot on the ground, and shouts Fire Fire Oh Dear my best Mustacios will be quite Destroyed. The man behind him, letting his cheroot fall from his mouth, screams Fire Fire. On the extreme left a fireman with the badge of the Sun Fire Office on his arm laughs, saying, Why Master I must fetch our Engine to put out your Steam Engine. The men wear bell-shaped top-hats, coats with a large collar standing away from the neck, and sometimes "with a single cape to the waist; trousers are full at the waist and tightly strapped over spurred boots. The women wear fur tippets and feathered bonnets; one has a huge muff."--British Museum online catalogue, description of reissued state
- Description
-
Title etched below image.
Attribution to William Heath from description of reissued state in the British Museum catalogue.
Sheet trimmed leaving thread margins.
"Price 1 s."
For a reissue with the digit "0" in "1820" in both the title and the imprint etched over with a "4", see no. 14726 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 10.
Watermark. - Provenance
- Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. xvi, p. 58.
- Extent
- 1 print : plate mark 245 x 350 mm, on sheet 250 x 370 mm
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 820.02.26.01+
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Satires (Visual works) England 1820
Etchings England London 1820
Watermarks (Paper) - Material
- etching ; and laid paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Geographic)
- England
- Subject (Topic)
-
Clothing & dress
Dandies
British
Smoking
Muffs
Hats - Subjects
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Clothing & dress > England > 1820-1830
Dandies > British
Smoking
Muffs
Hats
England > 1820
England > London > 1820
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 9308145
- Object ID (OID)
- 10969011