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Thomas Rowlandson (1757-1827)
Dressing for a Birthday. 3 - 3 Mar 1788
Hand-coloured etching | 39.5 x 54.1 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 810267
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A hand-coloured print of two women dressing for a royal birthday party. On the left, a bald headed stout lady admires herself in a mirror supported by a boy who plays with a dog as an enormous wig is placed on her head. On the right, a young woman is having her hair dressed as she is shown a new dress by an older woman wearing a wide brimmed hat. Inscribed in the plate: Rowlandson 1788 / Design'd & etch'd by Tho Rowlandson. / Publish'd as the Act directs, March 3 1788 by F Chesham & M Hatton No 32 Pall Mall
Provenance
Purchased by the Prince of Wales from William Holland in 1790 for 7s 6d (TNA HO73/20/1, fol.17)
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Medium and techniques
Hand-coloured etching
Measurements
39.5 x 54.1 cm (sheet of paper)
36.4 x 51.6 cm (platemark)
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BM Satires : Catalogue of political and personal satires preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum ... 11 v. in 12. – BM Satires 9678Bibliographic reference(s)
BM Satires : Catalogue of political and personal satires preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum ... 11 v. in 12. BM Satires 9678
Place of Production
Greater London [England]
