An Actress at her Toilet, or Miss Brazen Just Breecht

Dublin Core

Title

An Actress at her Toilet, or Miss Brazen Just Breecht

Subject

Breeches parts
Kennedy, Margaret, d. 1793
English satirical print, 1600-1832

Description

A woman pulls on red breeches, aided by her serving-maid on the left, while a partially-shaved poodle looks on. A pair of stays, a sword, and a playbill sit on a stool; behind them is a dressing table with cosmetics on the right; background includes folding screen and a parrot drinking from a bowl.

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Creator

Bowles, Carington, 1724-1793
Collet, John, 1725?-1780

Source

[exhib catalogue for museum show on Resto & 18th c. actresses]

Date

1779

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Format

jpg

Type

Still Image

Identifier

embta2013-00006