Progress of the Toilet. - The Stays. - Plate 1.[&] - The Wig. - Plate 2. [&] - Dress Completed. Plate 3.
Design'd by an Amateur. J.s Gillray fec.t.
[London. Publish'd February 26th. 1810. by H. Humphrey, 27 St James's Street.]
Set of three etchings. Sheets 275 x 215mm (10¾ x 8½"), plate 1 watermarked 'J. Whatman Turkey Mill 1817. Trimmed within plate, losing publication lines.
Three satires of a woman dressing for the evening. In the first she stands at a dressing table as her maid laces her stays; in the second she sits reading as her maid prepares her short, curled wig; in the third she stands before a full-length mirror, admiring the effects.
BM Satires 11608-11610.
[Ref: 51719] £480.00
[London. Publish'd February 26th. 1810. by H. Humphrey, 27 St James's Street.]
Set of three etchings. Sheets 275 x 215mm (10¾ x 8½"), plate 1 watermarked 'J. Whatman Turkey Mill 1817. Trimmed within plate, losing publication lines.
Three satires of a woman dressing for the evening. In the first she stands at a dressing table as her maid laces her stays; in the second she sits reading as her maid prepares her short, curled wig; in the third she stands before a full-length mirror, admiring the effects.
BM Satires 11608-11610.
[Ref: 51719] £480.00