The Toilet of a Modern Belle: Inflating a Lady
William Heath ('Paul Pry')|S. Gans
July 1829 · Hand-colored etching · Drawings and Prints
In this fashion caricature a young woman's maid inflates her sleeve. This imitates a series of prints thet Heath devoted to female dress, focusing on huge feathered hats and puffed sleeves. From 1827–29 Heath used the image of a little dandy holding an umbrella to sign prints, seen here at lower left, a reference to Paul Pry, a nosy character in an 1825 play by John Poole.
- Artist
- William Heath ('Paul Pry')|S. Gans
- Date
- July 1829
- Medium
- Hand-colored etching
- Department
- Drawings and Prints
- Credit line
- Rogers Fund, 1970
