Caption

Advantages of wearing muslin dresses!, Gillray, James, 1756-1815, engraver, [London] : H. Humphrey, 1802, a fat lady, sitting with a man and woman at a tea table, reacts in horror as a hot poker from the fire falls on her dress and sets it on fire. The man sits helplessly while the second woman upsets the table in her alarm. A butler, entering the room, drops a plate of muffins, and a cat scampers away from the fire. A painting of Mt. Vesuvius hangs over the fireplace.

Date

1802

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection/Quint Lox Limited

Reference

LZT16A00_282

License type

Rights managed

Available size

55,2Mb (4,0Mb) / 16,7in x 12,9in / 4999 x 3857 (300dpi)

Keywords

Advantages wearing muslin dresses Gillray James 1756 1815 engraver London H. Humphrey 1802 fat lady sitting man woman tea table reacts horror hot poker fire falls dress sets fire. sits helplessly second upsets alarm. butler entering room drops plate muffins cat scampers away painting Mt. Vesuvius hangs fireplace vintage retro retro styled engraved image engraving engravement victorian art culture illustrative technique history historical old antique nostalgia arkheia nostalgic historic artwork old-fashioned romantic aged traditional historic art