Satire on fashion. A street where, before a house [on the right], over the door of which the name 'love joy' is written, a sedan chair has been brought, in order to carry away a young lady, who, in a towering toupée, and other articles of fashionable attire of this period, is leaving the house in company with a young soldier, who caresses her as they go; she looks fondly at him. An old woman, in what was then an 'old-fashioned' costume is interposing to prevent the departure of the damsel; reworked state. 27 june 1774
hand-coloured mezzotint with some etching. Date: 1774. Dimensions: Height: 340 mm (trimmed); Width: 250 mm. Medium: paper. Collection: British Museum. Is this my Daughter Ann (BM 2010,7081.1174)
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