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Modern elegance : a portrait.

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James Gillray
1756-1815

Modern elegance : a portrait.

[London] : Pubd. May 22d 1795 by H. Humphrey, N. 37 New Bond Street, [1795]
etching, hand colored
image: 324 x 232 mm; plate mark: 352 x 248 mm; sheet: 357 x 261 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.188
Provenance

From the library of Gordon N. Ray.

Summary

Portrait identified as that of Lady Charlotte Campbell, afterwards Lady Bury, her head in profile and looking sideways at her own reflection in a large wall-mirror. She wears a loose high-waisted dress, her figure defined under its folds. Locks of hair are twined in, and escape from, a turbanlike cap ornamented with four erect ostrich feathers.

Associated names
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Classification
Department
Century prints