The Supplemental Magazine

S. W. Fores|R. Rushworth|Thomas Rowlandson

January 1, 1786 · Etching · Drawings and Prints

The Supplemental Magazine — S. W. Fores|R. Rushworth|Thomas Rowlandson

Room full of ladies being fitted out with padding and puffed-out gauze cages worn under outer garments to create fashionable profiles that include projecting breasts (a "fortification bosom"), padded hips and huge hats. A dog has been shaved to achieve a similar silhouette.

Artist
S. W. Fores|R. Rushworth|Thomas Rowlandson
Date
January 1, 1786
Medium
Etching
Department
Drawings and Prints
Credit line
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959

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