A woman shown half as clothed human being and half as skeleton. Coloured etching, 17--.

  • Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814.
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[between 1700 and 1799]
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35838i
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A woman shown half as clothed human being and half as skeleton. Coloured etching, 17--. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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London (No. 69 in St. Paul's churchyard) : Bowles & Carver, [between 1700 and 1799]

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1 print : etching, with gouache ; platemark 35.2 x 25 cm

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Life and death contrasted or, an essay on woman ....

References note

British Museum, Catalogue of political and personal satires, no. 3793
David Padfield, A view of Dightons: the Dighton family, their times, caricatures and portraits, London 2007, p. 81 (watercolour; etching not found)

Notes

With a companion sheet: Death and life contrasted or, an essay on man ..., Wellcome Library catalogue no. 35845i

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Wellcome Collection 35838i

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