"Satire on the English: a family in descending order of height, the father in military uniform, the daughter an identical version of her mother, and the smallest boy dressed as a jester.."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Chez Genty, rue St. Jacques, No. 14
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Fools & jesters, Ethnic stereotypes, and Families
Surugue, Louis, approximately 1686 -1762, printmaker, publisher
Published / Created:
[1745]
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 800 v.1 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
Allegorical scene with Decrepitude as an old woman in extravagant costume putting another beauty spot on her face and looking at her reflection in a mirror on a washstand, while Madness personified by young woman with fool's bauble hanging from a sash...
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Chez L. Surugue graveur du roy ruë des Noyers, attenant le Magazin de Papier vis-a-vis St. Yves, A.P.D.R.
Subject (Geographic):
France
Subject (Name):
Ward, John, 1678-1758
Subject (Topic):
Death and burial, Aging, Clothing & dress, Cupids, Cosmetics, Dressing tables, Mirrors, and Women domestics
"A handsome young Highland officer walks arm-in-arm with a slightly taller young woman. Her hair under her flat feathered hat is in a small bag or net of tartan. Behind these walk in single file the family descending in height. First, a youth in Highl...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Chez Genty, rue St. Jacques, No. 14
Subject (Geographic):
Scotland.
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Dogs, Ethnic stereotypes, Families, and Kilts
A pair of obese English men, walking arm-in-arm, meet on a street an equally large couple, the woman in an ill-fitting dress and odd bonnet. In the center background, a very thin man looks on with amusement
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Chez Martinet, libraire, rue du Coq
Subject (Geographic):
France. and Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Couples, Clothing & dress, Obesity, and Foreign public opinion, French
A well-dressed young woman visiting her smallpocked uncle, delivers three oranges. Dressed in a robe and nightcap, he sits in a upholstered chair with his feet on a pillow, his face and hands covered in pustules; beside him is a table with a pitcher, ...
Alternative Title:
Petite vèrole
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Chez Gautier rue Poupée, no. 7
Subject (Geographic):
France.
Subject (Topic):
Smallpox, Diseases, Sick persons, Clothing & dress, Sick, and Visiting the sick
"Two very tall and lank Englishmen walk arm-in-arm in profile to the left; one grasps a big (red) umbrella, and looks down at a dog. Before them walks a dwarfish man holding a tall cane, perhaps a servant, but dressed in the fashion of the day apart f...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Chez Genty, rue St. Jacques
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Dogs, Ethnic stereotypes, Pedestrians, and Men
Seven English ladies sit in chairs lined in a row facing the viewer, some in conversation. They are mostly either very thin or very large, but all are wearing unflattering dresses
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Chez Basset, Md. d'Estampes, rue St Jacques, No. 64
Subject (Geographic):
France. and Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Women, Clothing & dress, Conversation, and Foreign public opinion, French
