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Venus attired by the Graces. (BM 1868,0808.6915)
Summary
A fat ugly woman sits squarely on a stool, in stays and petticoat with clumsy ungartered stockings. Three women, grotesquely ugly, advance towards her, one with a cap, the other with a petticoat, a third with a chamber-pot. On the ground are combs, hair-tongs, tankard, pin-cushion, fan, and garters, one inscribed 'Set thy thoughts on things above'. Said to be a satire on 'some vulgar fashionable'. 8 December 1800
Hand-coloured etching.
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Date
1800
Source
British Museum
Copyright info
public domain
