Fair Day or A Perishable Commodity
Satirical Etching
1813 (published)
1813 (published)
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| Place of origin |
The perishable commodity being discussed here is the young woman's virginity. The "double entendre", a phrase with two meanings, one of them often indecent, was a mainstay of the caricaturist's art. The inscription in the bottom right hand corner shows that this print would have cost one shilling (five pence) when it was new.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Fair Day or A Perishable Commodity (published title) |
| Materials and techniques | Etching coloured by hand |
| Brief description | 'Fair Day or A Perishable Commodity', hand-coloured etching, George Moutard Woodward, published London, 1813 |
| Physical description | Satirical etching |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by Frank A. Gibson |
| Subject depicted | |
| Summary | The perishable commodity being discussed here is the young woman's virginity. The "double entendre", a phrase with two meanings, one of them often indecent, was a mainstay of the caricaturist's art. The inscription in the bottom right hand corner shows that this print would have cost one shilling (five pence) when it was new. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.1117-1990 |
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| Record created | June 11, 2007 |
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