The wishing females [graphic].

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Description

Title
The wishing females [graphic].
Contributor
Robert Sayer and John Bennett (Firm), publisher.
Published / Created
6th July 1781.
Publication Place
London
Publisher
Printed for R. Sayer & J. Bennett, map & printsellers, No. 53 Fleet Street, as the act directs
Abstract

"Satire; two fashionably-dressed young women with plumes in their hair, sitting at an open window and looking down at soldiers in the park below, the one on the left holding a telescope."--British Museum online catalogue

Description
Title etched below image.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum.
Provenance
Maggs Bros.; February 2025.
Extent
1 print : sheet 35.2 x 25 cm
Extent of Digitization
This object has been completely digitized.
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number
781.07.06.01+

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Satires (Visual works) England 1781
Mezzotints England London 1781
Material
mezzotint with etching ; and aid paper hand-colored.
Resource Type
still image
Subject (Topic)
Women
Windows
Soldiers
Telescopes
Hairstyles
Hats
Subjects
Women
Windows
Soldiers
Telescopes
Hairstyles
Hats
England > 1781
England > London > 1781

Access And Usage Rights

Access
Public

Identifiers

Orbis Record
17629279
Object ID (OID)
33330187

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