A man in a coat with military facings, identified as Woodford Rice, stands in the middle of a room holding in his left hand a book open to the title page, "The Rutland Volunteers," and with a frontispiece that is a copy of this print. In the backgroun...
Description:
Title and publication date from no. 6316, of which this print appears to be a variant. Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Rice, Woodford, -1784.
Subject (Topic):
Authors, Furniture, Inkstands, and Clothing & dress
A woman nearly half-length is shown facing right, wearing a large bonnet after the dormeuse pattern, with ruffled ribbons hanging down behind. A large bow adorns her bodice. Possibly a depiction of fashions of the late 1770s
A woman is shown bust length, facing left, wearing a large hat after the bergère pattern, adorned with ribbons and ostrich plumes. Her shoulders are draped with a neckerchief tied with a bow. Possibly a depiction of fashions of the late 1770s
A woman is shown nearly half-length and facing front, her right hand holding a book and resting on a chair back. Her upswept hair is swathed turban-like in a large piece of striped cloth. Possibly a depiction of fashions of the late 1770s
A woman shown half-length is seated in a chair, her left arm on a table and facing right. She wears a bonnet after the dormeuse pattern, adorned with a wide ribbon, tied in a bow in the front Her floral printed dress is ruffled around the neck and th...
Head-and-shoulder portrait of a gentleman in profile to the right in a bag wig and ruffled shirt. He has a very long, beak-like nose and wears spectacles
Description:
Title from British Museum catalogue.
Publisher:
Pub. 14th Feb. 1783 by H. Humphrey, No. 51 New Bond St.
