The Toilet of a Modern Belle: Inflating a Lady
Imitator of William Heath ('Paul Pry') British
Publisher S. Gans British
Not on view
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.
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