Six stages of mending a face [graphic].
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Description
- Title
- Six stages of mending a face [graphic].
- Creator
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Contributor
- Fores, S. W., publisher.
- Published / Created
- [29 May 1792]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Publish'd May 29th, 1792, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
- Abstract
-
"The head and shoulders of Lady Archer at different stages of her toilet. In the first (right), wearing a night-cap, with unsightly pendent breasts, she looks up to the left, tears falling from an empty eye-socket, her gaping mouth showing toothless jaws. In the next she fits in an eye, in the third she places a wig on her head, in the fourth (below on the right) she fits in a set of false teeth; in the next she applies rouge to her cheeks with a hare's foot, holding a mirror. In the last (left) she appears a pretty young woman, holding a mask in her hand. In the last two stages her arms, which were skinny and muscular, have become smooth and rounded and her breasts have been covered with the gauze drapery then fashionable."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
-
Title etched below image.
Attributed to Rowlandson by Grego.
Line of text below title: Dedicated with respect to the Right Honble. Lady Archer.
Companion print to: Six stages of marring a face.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; sheet 27 x 37.2 cm.
Mounted on leaf 45 of volume 4 of 14 volumes. - Provenance
- From a collection in fourteen volumes compiled by Francis Harvey and dispersed at auction, Sotheby, London, June 1900. Sold at Sotheby, London, 12 March 1919. Bequest of Hugh Dudley Auchincloss to Yale University Library, 1981. Bound by Riviere & Son in three-quarters red morocco with gold tooling and gold lettering on spine.
- Extent
- 1 print : sheet 27 x 37 cm
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 4
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1792
Etchings England London 1792 - Material
- etching ; and laid paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Geographic)
- England
- Subject (Name)
- Archer, Sarah West, Lady, 1741-1801
- Subject (Topic)
-
Clothing & dress
Grooming
Mirrors
Teeth
Wigs - Subjects
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Archer, Sarah West, Lady, 1741-1801 > Caricatures and cartoons
Clothing & dress > England > 1790-1800
Grooming
Mirrors
Teeth
Wigs
England > 1792
England > London > 1792
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership
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
- 7816734
- Object ID (OID)
- 11791644