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1962-292, Print
An ACTRESS at her Toilet, or MISS BRAZEN just BREECHT
1962-292, Print

An ACTRESS at her Toilet, or MISS BRAZEN just BREECHT

Date1779
Publisher Carington Bowles (1724 - 1793)
After work by John Collet (1725?-1780)
OriginEngland, London
MediumMezzotint with hand color on laid paper
DimensionsOverall: 14 3/8 × 10 7/16in. (36.5 × 26.5cm) Other (Plate): 13 7/8 × 9 15/16in. (35.2 × 25.2cm)
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1962-292
DescriptionLower margin reads: "An ACTRESS at her Toilet, or MISS BRAZEN just BREECHT./ From the Original Picture by John Collet, in the possesion of Carington Bowles/ Printed for and Sold by CARINGTON BOWLES, at his Map and Print Warehouse, N.o 69 in St Pauls Church Yard, LONDON./ Published as the Act directs, 24 June 1779."
Label TextView of maid helping actress to put on a pair of breeches; three animals also in dressing room; dog at left foreground standing on paper that reads"and the "Part fo Cap't Macheath by Miss"; cat on dressing table in front of oval mirror; parrot drinking water out of blue wash bowl at far table against wall; piece of paper on stool tucked under corset reads: " To be seen a most suprising Hermaphrodite."