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Lady Godinas' Rout, or Peeping Tom Spying out Pope Joan, 1796

 Item — Box: LF104/4 Box 1
Reference code: LF104/4/41

Scope and Contents

Etching by William Brocas (c. 1794-1868) after James Gillray. Information about Gillray's original from the British Museum: A fashionable crowd, with two card-tables, a round table in the foreground (left) at which four persons play Pope-Joan; the most conspicuous is a pretty young woman directed to the left, her loose semi-transparent draperies revealing her person and leaving her breasts almost uncovered. A leering man stands behind her chair, negligently holding candle-snuffers to a candle on the table, in order to peer down her décolletage. Original published by Hannah Humphrey.

Dates

  • Creation: 1796

Conditions Governing Access

Available by appointment in our Reading Room

Extent

1 Item(s)

Language of Materials

English

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections and Archives Repository

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