A Beef Eater
Satirical Etching
1792 (etched)
1792 (etched)
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| Place of origin |
Throughout the eighteenth century masculine styles influenced women's fashions especially when it came to outfits for walking and riding. The jacket worn here, tapering in at the waist, with a large turned back collar and big buttons copies male dress.
A beefeater is the name traditionally given to a warder at the Tower of London. The woman faces the viewer straight on like a soldier on parade and holds her parasol like a weapon. The fact that she is plump and is straining the seams of her clothing plays on the other historic sense of beef eater meaning someone who is well fed.
A beefeater is the name traditionally given to a warder at the Tower of London. The woman faces the viewer straight on like a soldier on parade and holds her parasol like a weapon. The fact that she is plump and is straining the seams of her clothing plays on the other historic sense of beef eater meaning someone who is well fed.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | A Beef Eater (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Etching coloured by hand |
| Brief description | Satirical print by Williams, from a 'Folio of Caricatures lent out for the Evening' - 'A Beef Eater' |
| Physical description | Satirical etching |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by Frank A. Gibson |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Summary | Throughout the eighteenth century masculine styles influenced women's fashions especially when it came to outfits for walking and riding. The jacket worn here, tapering in at the waist, with a large turned back collar and big buttons copies male dress. A beefeater is the name traditionally given to a warder at the Tower of London. The woman faces the viewer straight on like a soldier on parade and holds her parasol like a weapon. The fact that she is plump and is straining the seams of her clothing plays on the other historic sense of beef eater meaning someone who is well fed. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.1155-1990 |
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| Record created | June 6, 2007 |
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