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The Fashionable Mamma, or, The Convenience of Modern Dress

A work made of hand-colored etching on ivory wove paper.
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  • A work made of hand-colored etching on ivory wove paper.

Date:

published February 15, 1796

Artist:

James Gillray (English, 1756-1815)
published by Hannah Humphrey (English, c. 1745-1818)

About this artwork

Status

On View, Gallery 220

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

James Gillray

Title

The Fashionable Mamma, or, The Convenience of Modern Dress

Place

England (Artist's nationality)

Date

Published 1796

Medium

Hand-colored etching on ivory wove paper

Dimensions

Image: 34.6 × 24.5 cm (13 5/8 × 9 11/16 in.); Plate: 34.9 × 24.9 cm (13 3/4 × 9 13/16 in.); Sheet: 35.4 × 25.3 cm (13 15/16 × 10 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Thomas F. Furness in memory of William McCallin McKee

Reference Number

1928.1492

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