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[edit]A duet.
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Print made by: James Gillray
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| Title |
A duet. |
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| Description |
English: A short fat man (left) dressed as a military officer, clasps the inflated petticoats of a thin woman who walks away from him, looking over her left shoulder, her hand raised in a negative gesture. She is much taller than her admirer, and shows a hideous profile, her mouth wide open; her attitude is theatrical. She wears a high cap and the extended petticoats which had recently been fashionable (see BMSat 7099, &c). He looks up at her with a yearning smile. Both are grotesquely caricatured. Beneath the design is etched:
Hand-coloured etching |
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| Depicted people | Associated with: Thomas Vanhagen | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date | 1792 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | paper | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Prints and Drawings |
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| Accession number |
1851,0901.602 |
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| Notes |
(Description and comment from M.Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', VI, 1938) The man 'is said to be a city pastry-cook well known by the nickname of Captain Rolling-pin, one of the last heroes of the ancient city trained Bands'. Perhaps Vanhagen, 'a famous fat pastry cook', who held a commission in the city militia, see BMSat 5785. Wright and Evans, No. 396. Reprinted, 'G.W.G.', 1830. |
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| Source/Photographer | https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1851-0901-602 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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© The Trustees of the British Museum, released as CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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