Taste a-la-Mode, 1745; Taste a-la-Mode, 1790 – Antique Print
![Taste a-la-Mode, 1745; Taste a-la-Mode, 1790, [no date recorded on caption card] — antique engraving](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/b3/b3d694ecb3f8-L.webp)
(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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This rare antique engraving captures Taste a-la-Mode, 1745; Taste a-la-Mode, 1790 in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Taste a-la-Mode, 1745; Taste a-la-Mode, 1790
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Taste a-la-Mode" is a satirical engraving whose title carries two dates, 1745 and 1790, but the caption card records no date, so its exact origin is uncertain. F. Patton engraved it after a drawing by Boitard, and the card's tags of cartoons and clothing and dress suggest a place in the tradition of British fashion satire. Printmakers in eighteenth-century London often lampooned the latest styles and the people who chased them, turning clothing into pointed social commentary. Prints like this one were sold to a public that enjoyed both the humor and the gossip about fashion.
| Created / published | [no date recorded on caption card] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : engravings. |
| Notes | Engraving by F. Patton after drawing by Boitard. Forms part of : British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress). This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Cartoons; Clothing and dress; Pub. Ind. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 620 px · prints to 5 × 2 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-157411 |
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