A Back Front View, of a Ladys Dickey!
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2/12/1801 (published)
2/12/1801 (published)
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A rather short, and plump, woman is depicted standing before a dressing table, gazing at herself in the mirror set before her. Illustrated in a particularly ungraceful manner, the woman stands in her undergarments with her legs widely parted. Despite the inscription below the image making reference to the petticoat being a necessity for women to keep warm, the caricature seems to mock this idea by presenting the woman wearing her yellow flannel petticoat well above her knees. Tucked into her petticoat is a white chemise, and covering her legs a white stockings, those of which are decorated with pink ribbons. On her feet, she wears yellow and green striped shoes, and over her head, a white bonnet with pink ribbons and a bow. Emerging from beneath her bonnet, and falling around the nape of her beck, and brown locks of hair.
The dressing table which the woman stands in front of not only features a large mirror, but set to the left is a glass jar, inscribed with ‘Eye Water’. Sitting on the right side of the table are a pin cushion, and what appears to be a powder-puff.
In the lower right corner of the composition, two robes sit on the floor, one green, and one white.
This caricature is a companion plate to 'A correct Front View of a Ladys Dickey', which shows a front view of the same woman, and is detailed in BM Satires 9829.
The dressing table which the woman stands in front of not only features a large mirror, but set to the left is a glass jar, inscribed with ‘Eye Water’. Sitting on the right side of the table are a pin cushion, and what appears to be a powder-puff.
In the lower right corner of the composition, two robes sit on the floor, one green, and one white.
This caricature is a companion plate to 'A correct Front View of a Ladys Dickey', which shows a front view of the same woman, and is detailed in BM Satires 9829.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | A Back Front View, of a Ladys Dickey! (published title) |
| Materials and techniques | Etching with hand colouring |
| Brief description | An etched caricature of a woman from behind, standing in front of a mirror. |
| Physical description | Etched caricature, with hand colouring, of a woman standing before a dressing table and mirror, on laid paper. Image is set within a single line box, with seven lines of text below. |
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| Content description | View of a short, plump woman, with her back turned to the viewer, standing before a dressing table, and a mirror. Her legs are slightly parted, and she wears a short flannel petticoat well above her knees, with her chemise tucked in. Covering her legs are white stockings, with pink detailing, and she wears yellow and green striped shoes. On her head, she wears a white bonnet, which is adorned with a pink bow. The dressing table which she stands before is covered with a lilac tablecloth, with a white top, and pink detailing. Sitting on the left of the dressing table is a bottle inscribed with 'Eye Water', and to the right, a pin cushion. In the lower right corner, two robes, one green and one white, sit upon the floor. |
| Style | |
| Marks and inscriptions | Title below image: 'A Back Front View, of A Ladys Dickey!'
Inscription below title: 'Humbly submitted to the Fair Sex, as a great Curiosity!!! and very necessary to be worn by all Ladies, who have any regard for their Health, in the present cold season of the Year.'
Publication line below inscription: 'Pub,d Dec,r 2d, 1801 by S W Fores 50 Piccadilly_ Folios of Caricatures lent out for the Evening.' |
| Credit line | Bequeathed by John Jones |
| Object history | Object originally bound in a guard-book containing one hundred and fifteen caricatures by T. Rowlandson, W. Heath, J. Gillray, R. Dighton, G. Cruikshank and others |
| Summary | A rather short, and plump, woman is depicted standing before a dressing table, gazing at herself in the mirror set before her. Illustrated in a particularly ungraceful manner, the woman stands in her undergarments with her legs widely parted. Despite the inscription below the image making reference to the petticoat being a necessity for women to keep warm, the caricature seems to mock this idea by presenting the woman wearing her yellow flannel petticoat well above her knees. Tucked into her petticoat is a white chemise, and covering her legs a white stockings, those of which are decorated with pink ribbons. On her feet, she wears yellow and green striped shoes, and over her head, a white bonnet with pink ribbons and a bow. Emerging from beneath her bonnet, and falling around the nape of her beck, and brown locks of hair. The dressing table which the woman stands in front of not only features a large mirror, but set to the left is a glass jar, inscribed with ‘Eye Water’. Sitting on the right side of the table are a pin cushion, and what appears to be a powder-puff. In the lower right corner of the composition, two robes sit on the floor, one green, and one white. This caricature is a companion plate to 'A correct Front View of a Ladys Dickey', which shows a front view of the same woman, and is detailed in BM Satires 9829. |
| Bibliographic reference | BM Satires 9829 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 1232:83-1882 |
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