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- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker.
- Published / Created:
- 1796 February 15
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Gillray v. 9
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- A fashionably dressed woman sits (left) in profile, in an upright chair, while a carriage waits for her as seen through the window of the well-appointed sitting room. Her loose dress, high to the neck, has two embroidered slits to reveal the breasts. A pretty, buxom nurse holds out an infant, who eagerly sucks the breast thus conveniently laid bare. She wears a turban with two erect feathers, and short sleeves; her gloved right hand holds a closed fan. On the wall behind her is a large picture, 'Maternal Love': a seated woman suckles an infant. Through a high sash-window is seen a corner of the waiting coach, a footman holding open the door, a fat coachman on the box. The coach, hammer-cloth, and the lady's chair are decorated with a baron's coronet. A patterned carpet covers the floor.
- Alternative Title:
- Convenience of modern dress
- Description:
- Title etched below image.
- Publisher:
- H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
- Subject (Name):
- Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., and Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
- Subject (Topic):
- Breast feeding., Carriages & coaches., Clothing & dress--1790-1800., Coach drivers. , Hats. , Infants., Interiors., Jewelry., Mothers., Parlors., Rugs., and Servants.
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The fashionable mamma, or, The convenience of modern dress [graphic] : vide the pocket hole, &c. / Js. Gy. des. et fect.