Fashionable elegance

Fashionable elegance

A lady sits in an armchair, her head titled back to the side so that she can see her reflection in the large mirror on the wall behind her. She wears a loose high-waisted dress, giving the appearance of pregnancy, her full figure and large breasts are well-defined. She is wearing gloves and a turban adorned with ostrich feathers. Long locks of hair escaped from the turban, and she holds a fan in her right hand. Beneath the chair is a patterned carpet.

  • Author: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker.
  • Title: Fashionable elegance.
  • Published: [London] : Pubd. May 22d. 1795 by H. Humphrey, N. 37 New Bond Street, [22 May 1795].

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Acquired October, 2011 by the Lewis Walpole Library.