Lady buckinghamshire (left) (formerly mrs. Hobart, see vol. Vi) and mrs. Fitzherbert (right) seated in an opera box, indicated only by the ledge on which the latter rests her left hand, which holds an opera glass. Both wear dresses whose decolletage shows the breasts and reaches a point at or below the waist, and both wear trellis-work necklaces; from that of mrs. Fitzherbert hangs a miniature of the prince of wales. They wear caps trimmed with a single ostrich feather curling forwards over the face. Mrs. Fitzherbert gazes fixedly to the left; in her left hand is a playbill: 'all for love. As you like it'. Lady buckinghamshire, who partly covers her décolletage with a fan, turns her head in profile to the right, looking fixedly at her companion. After the title: 'nb in a few days will be given a peep into the pit the naked bodies of those women who had committed suicide in rome were exhibited as a public spectacle, this had such an effect on the delicacy of the roman ladies that suicide was ever after unknown among them. No so with the engish ladies; instead of being shocked at the sight of each others naked body they strive who shall shew most of their own. ' 20 may 1794. Etching. Date: 1794. Dimensions: Height: 270 mm; Width: 344 mm. Medium: paper. Depicted People: Albinia Hobart, Countess of Buckinghamshire. Collection: British Museum. Symptons of lewdness, or a peep into the boxes. (BM 1868,0808.6349)
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