In a country setting with cows and a windmill in the background, a young milkmaid sits on a bench under an oak tree, receiving a ribbon from a young sailor seated beside her. Another young girl looks on from behind, while the milkmaid's country suitor stands behind sulkily scratching his head. A dog paws at the milkmaid's lap while another drinks from the milking pail
Alternative Title:
Jealous clown
Description:
Date surmised from British Museum catalogue, v. 5, Appendix, "Key to the dates of the series of Mezzotints issued by Carington Bowles.", Numbered in lower left of plate 385., Publication date erased from print., and Torn and repaired.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles at his map & print warehouse, No.69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Military uniforms, British, Clothing & dress, Sailors, Hats, Couples, Windmills, Dairy farming, Cows, and Dogs
"A companion print to BMSat 6874. A number of ladies wearing enormous hats and inflated petticoats as in BMSat 6874, are being, or have been, fitted with the puffed-out gauze cages which made the fashionable silhouette (the 'fortification bosom') project extravagantly at the breast. Some, with breasts exposed, wait to be fitted. A thin lady on the extreme left looks at herself in an oval wall-mirror, while the fitter arranges her dress; another advances, holding a large pair of balloon-like pads. One with an enormous projection beneath her chin is about to leave the room by a door on the extreme right, she looks round with a triumphant smile. All wear hats with enormous brims, some circular, some drooping and bonnet-shaped. A gigantic circular hat, larger than an umbrella, is suspended from the centre of the ceiling. In the foreground a dog, its hind-quarters shaved, and long thick hair on its neck and chest, burlesques the fashion."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Monogram 'RR' refers to Rushworth? See British Museum catalogue., and Watermark in center of sheet.
Publisher:
Publish'd Jany.1st, 1786, by S.W. Fores, at the Caracature Warehouse, No. 3 Piccadilly
Title and imprint from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Numbered '541' in the British Museum catalogue., Publisher information and series number from British Museum catalogue., Artist from Sotheby's catalog., Publication date assigned by the cataloging agency based on the series number., Temporary local subject terms: Spas: St. George's spa -- Quizzing glasses -- Wickets -- Trades: porters -- Walking staves., and Mounted to 36 x 26 cm.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Dogs, Fans (Accessories), Hats, Health resorts, Obesity, and Shawls