Title from item., Date supplied by cataloger based on subject., Sheet trimmed within plate mark resulting in loss of imprint. Cf. Undated impression in the Library of Congress., Above title motto of Hanover arms: Nec aspera terrent., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Military: Guards -- Military uniforms: Guards' bearskin -- Weapons: bayoneted musket -- Street scenes -- Buildings: St. James's Palace -- Mythology: allusion to Mars., Watermark: Strasburg lily., and Window mounted to 35 x 26 cm.
publish'd according to act of Parliament, Decemr [the] 15 [1746?]
Call Number:
746.12.15.01.1+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A satire on women's fashion; A street scene in which a crowd of people watch amused as a lady struggles with her wide hoop which has become tangled on the side of a building, a chinmey sweep who has fallen at her feet and a jewellery seller in an underground shop both have a view up her skirts."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item., Text following title: nil ortum tale. Hor., Publication year erased from this impression and supplied in contemporary hand as 1746., 'Price 6d.', Twenty-two lines of verse in four columns, followed by four lines of explanation, below image: If fame say true in former days, the fardingale was no disgrace ... The explanation reads: Drawn from the fact occasion'd by a lady carelessly tossing her hoop too high in going to shun a littel [sic] chimney sweeper's boy who fell down just at her feet in an artful suprise at [the] enormous sight., Possibly intended as a companion print to: The beaux disaster. Cf. British Museum catalogue, no. 2880., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Street scenes: Strand, London -- Female dress: hoops -- Churches: New Church in the Strand -- Shop stalls., and Watermark: Strasburg bend with initials L V G below.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
London (England)
Subject (Topic):
Social life and customs, Chimney sweeps, City & town life, Military uniforms, and Signs (Notices)