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James Roberts
1725-1799
An essay on woman : illustrated with notes from various authors / I. Roberts sc.
Published
[London] : Pub. according to act of Parliament, 3dr of Octr., by M Darly, 39 Strand, 1769.
etching & engraving
image: 339 x 238 mm; plate mark: 350 x 247 mm; sheet: 441 x 286 mm
Peel 2633
Notes
State with publication year. Another state, without the publication year and with price "Price 1 s. 6d", is in the Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
Provenance
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Summary
Allegory on vanity and mortality, with a divided full length figure consisting of a richly dressed woman at right, and a skeleton at left; engraved quotations on the perfidy and frailty of women surround the figure, and the words "Plan" and "Elevation" appear beneath its skeletal foot at left and shoe at right. At left is a large plinth or monument, and at its base lie a pile of books with titles indicating their frivolous, "feminine" nature.
Associated names
Darly, M. (Mary), publisher.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Classification
Department
Century prints
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