Morning Noon and Night

ca. 1829

Not on view

Heath here uses different times of day to comment on a fashionable lady's dress and activities. At left, a belle wakes in a curtained bed, wearing a ruffled night cap with a matching robe draped over a chair. At center she is ready to go out in a dark green coat with puffed sleeves worn over a ruffled gown, a large black hat decorated with flowers and ribbons. For evening, at right, she has changed into a pink gown with puffled sleeves, a cross-ribboned bodice and small ruff. Its elevated hem, encircled with an embroidered band, reveals small feet in ribboned slippers. Like many of Heath's prints from this period, it is signed with a small top-hatted dandy holding an umbrella–Paul Pry, a nosy character from a play.

Artwork Details

Title: Morning Noon and Night
Artist: William Heath ('Paul Pry') (British, Northumbria 1794/95–1840 Hampstead)
Publisher: Thomas McLean (British, 1788–1875)
Date: ca. 1829
Medium: Hand-colored etching
Dimensions: Plate: 10 1/4 × 14 3/4 in. (26 × 37.4 cm)
Sheet: 10 15/16 × 15 1/4 in. (27.8 × 38.8 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Gift of Jill Spalding, 2022
Object Number: 2022.309.19
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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