A soldier approaches an open trunk watched by a group of men wearing nun head-dresses in the boudoir of a fashionable lady who sits at her vanity table. Coloured engraving, ca. 1800-1820.
- Date:
- 1800-1820
- Reference:
- 589943i
- Pictures
About this work
Description
A fat man in a dressing gown and night cap with salapettes clutches a bottle. An old woman approaches from the right pulling a face as a young boy looks out at the viewer while pointing to her. The woman at her vanity table holds up an eye-glass while clutching roses in her left hand. The soldier dressed in a plumed hat and striped breeches holds a note with the lettering 'Miss Fleshille'(?)
Publication/Creation
1800-1820
Physical description
1 print : engraving, with watercolour ; image 22 c 32.5 cm
References note
Not found in British Museum, Catalogue of political and personal satires, London 1978
Reference
Wellcome Collection 589943i
Type/Technique
Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores