File:1742-1794-fashion-silhouette-contrast.png
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Summary
| A section of The Petticoat, or The Venus of '42 and '94 | |
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| Author |
Unknown 1794 caricaturist |
| Title |
A section of The Petticoat, or The Venus of '42 and '94 |
| Description |
English: "A section of The Petticoat, or The Venus of 1742 and 1794", an English caricature engraving (presumably from 1794), comparing cutaway views of the fashion silhouettes of the two years (contrasting the hoop-skirt of 1742 with the somewhat narrow and high-waisted -- i.e. incipiently neo-classical -- gown of 1794). The left half is taken from a detail in the satirical painting "Taste in High Life" by William Hogarth (painted 1742, engraved 1746).
Text on the left: "The Mode - 1742 - Hogarth pinxit - from a picture of Hogarth's in the Collection of J. B. Esquire" Text on the right: "The Ton - 1794 - Lady CC...'l pinxit - from an Original (in the Collection) at the Opera" Notice the contrast also in shoes, between the high heels of 1742 and the flat heels of 1794. |
| Date | 1794 |
| Source/Photographer |
Scanned by H. Churchyard. For possible further info, see ARLIS-L Archives |
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| current | 08:01, 15 May 2017 | | 1,137 × 722 (260 KB) | Churchh | gamma fix |
| 21:31, 23 February 2006 |  | 1,137 × 722 (260 KB) | Churchh | cleaned-up version | |
| 13:07, 23 February 2006 |  | 1,143 × 722 (310 KB) | Churchh | "A section of The Petticoat, or The Venus of 1742 and 1794", an English caricature engraving (presumably from 1794), comparing the fashion silhouettes of the two years The left half is taken from a detail in the Hogarth painting "Taste in High Life" (pain |
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