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A Fashionable Information for Ladies in the Country
Unknown1795
The Victoria and Albert Museum
London, United Kingdom
People who lived all the year in the country could learn of the latest trends in London from fashion plates. This caricature presents itself like a fashion plate to poke fun at the gullibility of country dwellers hungry for information. This caricature is also taking lampooning the fashion for clinging, figure-hugging draperies.
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Details
- Title: A Fashionable Information for Ladies in the Country
- Creator: Unknown
- Date Created: 1795
- Location: London
- Physical Dimensions: Height: 35 cm plate, Width: 24.2 cm plate
- Provenance: Bequeathed by Frank A. Gibson
- Medium: Etching coloured by hand
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