Venus attired by the Graces., James Gillray, 1800

A fat ugly woman sits squarely on a stool, in stays and petticoat with clumsy ungartered stockings. Three women, grotesquely ugly, advance towards her, one with a cap, the other with a petticoat, a third with a chamber-pot. On the ground are combs, hair-tongs, tankard, pin-cushion, fan, and garters, one inscribed 'set thy thoughts on things above'. Said to be a satire on 'some vulgar fashionable'. 8 december 1800 hand-coloured etching. Date: 1800. Dimensions: Height: 265 mm; Width: 356 mm. Medium: paper. Collection: British Museum. Venus attired by the Graces. (BM 1868,0808.6915)