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A modern belle going to the rooms at Bath / [Gillray].

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James Gillray

A modern belle going to the rooms at Bath / [Gillray].

Published

[London] : H. Humphrey, 1796

hand colored etching
image: 34.5 x 24.3 cm; plate: 34.5 x 24.3 cm; sheet: 38.2 x 27.5 cm
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Peel 2921
Provenance

Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.

Summary

Two chairmen carry (left to right) a lady in a sedan chair. The roof is raised and through it projects an enormous ostrich feather, rising from an aigrette and curls, which also extend above the roof. To the second chairman's back is strapped the base of a long curving rod which supports an umbrella to protect the feather. Through the window of the chair appears the lady's profile. She holds a half-closed fan before her face. Behind (left) is a plain town house of three stories behind its area-railings; it is next a high curving wall (right).

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