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1. Lunaticks out of Bedlam! [graphic]
- Creator:
- Newton, Richard, 1777-1798, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [15 April 1796]
- Call Number:
- Print10174
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A satire on women's fashion. Three women stand outside and strike poses that show off their attire: dresses that expose their breasts and/or legs, and extravagant headdresses adorned with pearls or large feathers
- Alternative Title:
- Lunatics out of Bedlam!
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Publisher's street address and date of publication have been mostly removed from end of imprint statement; month and day of publication from Alexander., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. by W. Holland
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Topic):
- Fashion, Clothing & dress, Women, Fans (Accessories), and Feathers
- Found in:
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Lunaticks out of Bedlam! [graphic]
2. Venus attired by the Graces [graphic]
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [8 December 1800]
- Call Number:
- Print00809
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A fat ugly woman sits squarely on a stool, in stays and petticoat with clumsy ungartered stockings. Three women, grotesquely ugly, advance towards her, one with a cap, the other with a petticoat, a third with a chamber-pot. On the ground are combs, hair-tongs, tankard, pin-cushion, fan, and garters, one inscribed 'Set thy thoughts on things above'. Said to be a satire on 'some vulgar fashionable'."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Female dress, 1800 -- Female fashion -- Pincushions -- Tankards -- Garters -- Hair-tongs., and 1 print : etching and stipple engraving with aquatint, hand-colored ; plate mark 25.3 x 35.6 cm.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd Decr. 8th, 1800, by H. Humphrey, St. James's Street
- Subject (Name):
- Venus (Roman deity)
- Subject (Topic):
- Fashion, Vanity and pride, Clothing & dress, Fans (Accessories), Drinking vessels, Chamber pots, and Combs
- Found in:
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Venus attired by the Graces [graphic]