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Etcher: James Gillray (1757 - 1815) (8)

Publisher: Hannah Humphrey ((active 1778-1822)) (4)

Period: 18th century (4098)

Type: ink (2963)

Keywords
aristocrats (40) | duchesses (noblewomen) (8) | dukes (65) | feet (74) | legs (86) | satire (1) | shoes (footwear) (27)

Fashionable Contrasts; - or - The Duchess's Little Shoe Yielding to the Magnitude of the Duke's Foot

1792

Etcher
James Gillray (1757 - 1815)

Publisher
Hannah Humphrey ((active 1778-1822))

Width: 35.3 cm plate mark; Height: 25.2 cm plate mark;

Inscription
Inscription, Pub. Jan.y 24.th 1792. / by H. Humphrey / N.18 Old Bond Street //
Inscription, FASHIONABLE CONTRASTS; _or_The Duchess's little Shoe yeilding to the Magnitude of the Duke's Foot. / 20 //
Stamp, WITT / LIBRARY //
Inscription, J. GILLRAY / Fashionable Contrasts //

Acquisition (source, method, date)
Witt Library; transfer; 1990
G.1990.WL.7034

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