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James Gillray
1756-1815
The finishing touch
etching, hand colored
image: 25 x 15.5 cm; plate: 27 x 17.5 cm; sheet: 28.3 x 18.7 cm
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Peel 2740
Published:
[London] : Pubd. Sepr. 29th 1791 by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street, [1791]
Provenance:
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Summary:
Print shows Lady Archer seated at her dressing-table, applying rouge to her cheek with a brush. Her painted cheek is blotched with drink. She is dressed for driving, wearing a coat of masculine cut, and a skirt which is short enough to show stockings above laced half-boots. A high-crowned hat trimmed with feathers is poised on her hair and on her hooked nose glasses are perched.
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