The Toilet.
Date1740-1755
After work by
Jean Baptiste Joseph Pater
Engraver
Jean Simon
(1675 - 1751)
OriginEngland
MediumBlack and white mezzotint engraving with period hand color
DimensionsOH: 10 1/4" x OW: 14 1/4"; Plate H: 9 3/4" x W: 13 3/4"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1967-339,A
DescriptionThe lower margin reads: "The Toilet./ I.B. Pater pinx./ The Comb, the Glass, and ev'ry Gin,/ By which the Coquets the unwary win,/ May for a time Young Foplings please,/ And Adorations claim with Ease,/ But She who'd fix the Unerring Dart,/ Must like you (Iris) charm the Heart."1730
November 9, 1784
Ca. 1760
1770 (dated)
1760
1785-1800
ca. 1786
1780-1790
1730
ca. 1800