A fashionable lady in dress & undress – Vintage Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A fashionable lady in dress & undress
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A single fashionable woman appears here in both dress and undress, a pairing that let caricaturists poke fun at the gap between public display and private habit. Robert Dighton, an English printmaker known for portraits and caricatures, issued this color etching in 1807, when light, high-waisted muslin gowns drew frequent mockery in London print shops. The contrast invites close looking at the clothing itself, and the print was later included in a 1984-85 exhibition of English caricature.
| Created / published | 1807 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : etching, color. |
| Notes | Color etching by Robert Dighton, 1807. Exhibited English Caricature, LC, Yale, 1984-85. cf: P&P - NE55.L7A3 vol. 8, no. 10807. Forms part of :British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress). This record contains unverified data from caption card. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,143 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-158285 |
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