Minneapolis Institute of Art
Lady Godina's Rout: or Peeping-Tom Spying Out Pope-Joan
James Gillray; Publisher: Mrs. Hannah HumphreyLinkedCulture matchlcp-bd9e9feb6e70
- Date
- March 12, 1796
- Medium
- Hand-colored etching
- Department
- European Art
- Institution
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
- Object ID
- 75844
From the Minneapolis Institute of Art record
Gillray satirizes the rage for transparent, low-cut dresses that overtook women's fashion in the mid-1790s. One contemporary magazine described the fad as perhaps the most indecent ever seen in this country. The breast is altogether displayed . . .[the dress] is said to cling so to the figure that nothing can be said to be completely concealed. The print also lambasts high-stakes gaming, portrayed here as a decadent habit of the rich. A number of the players are identifiable, among them Lady Buckinghamshire, a notorious gambler and a favorite Gillray target. Her large figure is depicted from behind. England, Europe
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- Credit line
- The Minnich Collection The Ethel Morrison Van Derlip Fund, 1966
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