TIGHT LACING, or FASHION before EASE.

Dateca. 1770

After work by John Collet (1725?-1780)

Publisher Samuel Carver (1756 - 1841)

Maker Bowles & Carver (fl. 1793 - 1832)

Maker Henry Carington Bowles (1763 - 1830)

OriginEngland, London

MediumHand-colored mezzotint engraving

DimensionsOverall: 18 5/8 × 11 3/8in. (47.3 × 28.9cm) Other: 13 3/4 × 9 7/8in. (34.9 × 25.1cm)

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1969-111

DescriptionThe lower margin reads: "TIGHT LACING, or FASHION before EASE./ From the Original Picture by John Collet, in the possession of the Proprietors./ Printed for & Sold by Bowles & Carver, at their Map & Print Warehouse, N.o 69 in S.t Pauls Church Yard, London. Published as the Act directs"