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1. High life below stairs [graphic]
- Creator:
- Caldwall, James, 1739-1819, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- 20 May 1772.
- Call Number:
- 772.05.20.02+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A young maid seated by the kitchen table is admiring in a small mirror her coiffure as it is being arranged by a footman. A little girl playing by the window is mimicking his work on her rag doll. In the foreground on rihgt, an old woman is washing clothes in a large tub. On the other side of the kitchen an maid plays a mandolin while singing together with a footman seated by her side. A small shaggy pet dog sits on an open music book by their feet, howling in accompaniment. A kitten plays with the ribbons of a hat left leaning against the table leg on the floor. In the background is a large fireplace with dishes and candlesticks on the mantle and a bird-cage from which a large black bird peeks curiously at the hairdressing in progress
- Description:
- Title from item., After painting by Collet titled: High taste in low life, exhibited at the Society of Artists in 1765. Cf. Catalogue of the paintings, sculptures ... exhibiting by the Free Society of Artists, 1765, no. 63., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Townhouse kitchen -- Containers: Warming pan.
- Publisher:
- Printed for Robt. Sayer, No. 53 Fleet Street, & J. Smith, No. 35 Cheapside, publish'd as the act directs
- Subject (Topic):
- Candlesticks, Cats, Dogs, Interiors, Irons (Pressing), Kitchens, and Music
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > High life below stairs [graphic]