Hannah Humphrey
Such things are
Published
London : Published April 6th 1787. by H. Humphry N° 51 New Bond Street, [1787]
etching
image: 299 x 239 mm; sheet: 338 x 270 mm
Peel 2577
Notes
A reversed rendition of a design issued by S.W. Fores, with imprint reading: Publishd, April 2nd 1787 by S. W. Fores at the Caricature Warehouse N° 3 Piccadilly. Cf. BM Satires, no. 7252.
With two lines of verse below the image: That such things are we must allow, / But such things never were till now.
Library's copy trimmed within plate mark.
With two lines of verse below the image: That such things are we must allow, / But such things never were till now.
Library's copy trimmed within plate mark.
Provenance
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Summary
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. Below, one (right) stands full-face, the other stands in profile to the right with her head in back view, showing the arrangement of her hair. The fashions satirized are the puffed-out breasts, false 'derrières', and large muffs of the day. The hair is much extended on each side of the head and divided at the back by a queue reaching below the waist. Cf. British Museum online catalog.
Associated names
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Artist
Classification
Department
Century prints
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