print; satirical print

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Object Type: print; satirical print
Museum number: J,5.111
Title: Object: The French lady in London or the head dress for the year 1771
Description: Satire on fashion, with a lady with absurdly high coiffure entering a room with a picture of the peak of Tenerife on the wall: for a full account see BMSat. 2 April 1771 Engraving
Producer name: After: Samuel Hieronymus Grimm; Published by: Sarah Sledge
School/style
Production date: 1771
Production place: Published in: London (England)
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Height: 354 millimetres; Width: 263 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: A pair to 'The English lady at Paris', BMSat 4785. Grimm's original drawing, in reverse, is in the Yale Center for British Art (see Richard Godfrey, 'English caricature 1620 to the present', V&A 1984, cat.58).
Bibliographic references
Location: Not on display
Exhibition history: 2002 Jan-March, Newcastle, Hatton Gall, Followers of Fashion 2002 June-July, Belfast, Ulster Mus, Followers of Fashion 2002 Aug-Sep, Nottingham, Djanogly AG, Followers of Fashion 2002/3 Dec-Feb, Brighton MAG, Followers of Fashion 2003 April-June, Braintree District Mus, Followers of Fashion 2010 June-Sep, London, Tate Britain, Rude Britannia: British Comic Art
Subjects: satire; costume/clothing; french
Acquisition name
Previous owner
Acquisition date: 1818
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: J,5.111

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