Since I Saw You Last There is a Change!!! If fashions various laws you would obey–The Petticoat abridge: the Ankle full display
Heath created a memorable group of satires in 1828–29 that responded to women's fashion. This example shows a young woman wearing a full-skirted dress whose hem is elevated to reveal small feet clad in flat slippers secured with ribbons. The fabric is a lively diamond pattern of gray bands against a yellow ground, enhanced with small flowers, and the dress has a ruched bodice and large puffed sleeves that accentuate a tiny waist. The ensemble is completed by a pink hat with an extended brim decorated with brown bows and wide danging ribbons. Heath often added commentary by incorporating quotes from into his titles, here adapting lines from Shakespeare's "Comedy of Errors."
Artwork Details
- Title: Since I Saw You Last There is a Change!!! If fashions various laws you would obey–The Petticoat abridge: the Ankle full display
- Artist: William Heath ('Paul Pry') (British, Northumbria 1794/95–1840 Hampstead)
- Date: July 1828
- Medium: Hand-colored etching
- Dimensions: Sheet: 13 5/8 × 9 1/8 in. (34.6 × 23.2 cm)
- Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Gift of Jill Spalding, 2022
- Object Number: 2022.309.17
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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