Accession number
PML 147623, page 86
Creator
Ruotte, Louis Charles, 1754-1806, etcher.
Published
[France], [1797]
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Caption title.
The artist is identified in some sources as Frans Swagers (1756-1836).
"The print is one of a group using this theme and title published in 1797, mocking the fashions of the day. See 'Mode in der Karikatur', Berlin 2003, cat. 6.5. The artist Swagers is unidentified, and may be a pseudonym."--British Museum online catalog.
Library's copy trimmed to image, with the caption title and signatures retained, and mounted into a scrapbook of assorted prints, souvenirs, and pieces of printed and manuscript memorabilia, compiled by former owner Flora Macleod circa 1827-1830. See PML 147623.
The artist is identified in some sources as Frans Swagers (1756-1836).
"The print is one of a group using this theme and title published in 1797, mocking the fashions of the day. See 'Mode in der Karikatur', Berlin 2003, cat. 6.5. The artist Swagers is unidentified, and may be a pseudonym."--British Museum online catalog.
Library's copy trimmed to image, with the caption title and signatures retained, and mounted into a scrapbook of assorted prints, souvenirs, and pieces of printed and manuscript memorabilia, compiled by former owner Flora Macleod circa 1827-1830. See PML 147623.
Description
1 print : etching and stipple ; sheet: 230 x 298 mm
Summary
Comic print shows an ox, by a tree in the country, dressed up with a shawl, necklace, earrings, and woman's plumed hat; at left, a woman stands laughing as she points at the spectacle; with a windmill in the background at right.
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