Historical Fashion Studies

Artistic studies of men and women in historical clothing, featuring playful scenes and humorous performances in an 18th-century context.

Two comic couples, 1792, James Gillray, 1820 - 1899 print Leaf on which two plates from 1792 are printed. Two performances of comic couples of men and women. The right plate numbered 395 shows the actor Charles James Fox opposite a small fat woman. The left plate numbered 396 shows a man who grabs a woman at her rear. print maker: Englandafter own design by: Englandpublisher: London paper etching couple of lovers. one pair dancing; man and woman dancing as a couple. theatre, theatrical performance. political caricatures and satires
Two comic couples, 1792, James Gillray, 1820 - 1899 print Leaf on which two plates from 1792 are printed. Two performances of comic couples of men and women. The right plate numbered 395 shows the actor Charles James Fox opposite a small fat woman. The left plate numbered 396 shows a man who grabs a woman at her rear. print maker: Englandafter own design by: Englandpublisher: London paper etching couple of lovers. one pair dancing; man and woman dancing as a couple. theatre, theatrical performance. political caricatures and satires