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- Published / Created:
- [2 April 1787]
- Call Number:
- 787.04.02.02.1+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Four figures of ladies caricaturing the dress of the period. The upper pair face each other in profile, one with feathers in her much puffed-out hair, the other with a wide hat tied under her chin (a Werter hat, cf. BMSat 7054). Below, one (left) stands full-face, the other stands in profile to the left with her head in back view, showing the arrangement of her hair. The fashions satirized are the puffed-out breasts, see BMSat 7099, &c, the false 'derrières', see BMSat 6874, &c., hairdressing and large muffs, see BMSat 7244, &c. The hair is much extended on each side of the head and divided at the back by a queue reaching below the waist."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Telles choses sont
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Attribution to Mercer from the British Museum catalogue: According to Angelo, a series of plates, four figures on each, was designed by Mercer, a military officer, with the title applied from Mrs. Inchbald's comed. Cf. Angelo, H. Reminiscences of Henry Angelo, 1904, vol. 1, p. 328., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Watermakr: J. Whatman.
- Publisher:
- Publishd April 2nd, 1787, by S.W. Fores at the Caricature Warehouse, No. 3 Piccadilly
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Name):
- Inchbald, Mrs., 1753-1821.
- Subject (Topic):
- Clothing & dress, Dandies, British, French, and Women
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Such things are Telles choses sont : that such things are most strange yet common. What things? For sure they are not women. [graphic]