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Following the fashion / Js. Gy. desn. et fect.

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James Gillray
1756-1815

Following the fashion / Js. Gy. desn. et fect.

Published

[London] : H. Humphrey, 1794.

engraving
32.6 x 34.8 cm
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Peel 2839
Notes
Trimmed to within plate mark.
Provenance

Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.

Summary

Two women, one tall and pretty, except for her grotesque slimness, the other short and very stout, wear burlesqued versions of the new fashions.

Associated names
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, engraver.
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Classification
Department
Century prints