File:Dressing for a Birthday (BM 1938,0613.9 2).jpg
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Print made by: Thomas Rowlandson
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Title |
Dressing for a Birthday |
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English: A companion print to BMSat 9680. A fat and ugly lady (left) and a young and pretty one (right) are being dressed for a Birthday at St. James's. A huge wig decked with feathers and roses is being placed by a maid on the bald head of the elder lady, who stands holding a bouquet and looking in a mirror which reflects a delighted grin. A little black page supports the mirror; he turns to a dog which fawns on him. Another maid fastens in front a false 'derrière', which will distend her dress below the waist, see BMSat 7100, &c. The girl is seated; a friseur dresses her long hair; a man-milliner, 'chapeau-bras', prepares to adjust a 'derrière'; she touches approvingly the dress which an ugly old woman wearing a hat holds out to her. On the floor is a round box containing roses. 3 March 1789
Hand-coloured etching |
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Date |
1789 date QS:P571,+1789-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
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institution QS:P195,Q6373 |
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Accession number |
1938,0613.9 |
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Notes |
(Description and comment from M.Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', VII, 1942) For the new dresses which were obligatory on a royal birthday see Mme d'Arblay, 'Diary', 4 June 1787, &c. The original water-colour (with the title 'Dressing for a Masquerade', see BMSat 9680) is reproduced, S. Sitwell, 'English Narrative Pictures', 1937, pl. 18. Grego, 'Rowlandson', i. 272. |
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Source/Photographer | https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1938-0613-9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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© The Trustees of the British Museum, released as CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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