Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
A bonnet shop.
Call Number
D North 51/GC112/Box 02/Normal/Prints/Titles Ba-Br GA 2014.00111
Identifier
ark:/88435/6395wg20v
Publisher
[London] : [s.n.], 1810/05/15.
Language
No linguistic content
Date Created
1810
Extent
1 item ; sheet 35.5 x 25.8 cm.
Source Acquisition
Gift of Dickson Q. Brown, Princeton University Class of 1895.
References
Grego II, p. 187
Tegg no. 17
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Notes
Medium: Etchings, Hand coloring
Depiction: This plate is best described from the advertisement of the pro-prietress, displayed on her premises, for the manufacture of the straw bonnets and hats which were the mode at the beginning of the century. "Miss Flimsey's fashionable warehouse, the greatest variety of straw hats and bonnets made up in the most elegant taste. A large stock of Spanish, Flemish, Provincial, Gipsy, Cottage, Woodland, &c., &c., adapted to show every feature to advantage." (This on the plate). An old fright is trying on an unbecoming straw-bonnet at a mirror, while a handsome saleswoman is puffing her wares. A number of pretty apprentices are trimming hats, and an antiquated quiz, with his spy-glass, is poking his head through the window, and saluting the bevy of beauties with a satyr-like grin.
Signed in plate, lower right: "Rowlandson del.".

Discovery Information

Subject
Caricature
Women sales personnel—Great Britain—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
Stores, Retail—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
Fashion—Great Britain—History—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
Hats—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
Occupations—Great Britain—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
City and town life—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons

Physical Characteristics

File Count
1

Institutional Information

Collection
Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/33143945-c14b-4109-988e-72ccc45d5387/manifest