A danseuse leaps in a pirouette; she holds (to screen her person) the wig of bishop barrington, who strides off the stage (left) with upturned eyes, saying, "there now you may go on. I would not have had my wife seen you so, for the world, why you should be as choice of your charms as i am of my claret". She wears a flesh-coloured garment which moulds her figure, giving the effect of nudity, with a short kilt round the hips, and roses in her hair, which swirls behind her. One arm is held out towards the bishop, her rose garland is on the ground. She says with a mocking smile, "oh, this was transplanting of de wig indeed, i suppose i shall not be allowed to shew my face next". Landscape scenery forms a background. See bmsat 9297, &c. 2 april 1798
hand-coloured etching. Date: 1798. Dimensions: Height: 241 mm; Width: 352 mm. Medium: paper. Depicted People: Shute Barrington, Bishop of Durham. Collection: British Museum. Modern modesty clerical improvments ro wigs a l'Eveque. (BM 1868,0808.6718)
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