Beauty when unadorn’d is adorn’d the most
[graphic]. Modern Beauties or the Slashers undress'd - a delineation of two figures who resort the fashionable quarters of this City & are commonly called the Slashers, their uncommon shape & form have attracted the notice of all, but particularly of Men of taste, feeling & acute discernment who attracted as if by magnetic power, follow & come in contact with the wonders pair, the Connoiseurs stand amazed at so uncommon a sight, their form so different, the contour so novel, their figure so contrasted to the Antique Venus, that they wisely thought a model from the life would be an extraordinary gratification to the curious and prove a delicious repast in the habitations of men of taste, with the same laudable motive the Publisher respectfully offers this print for inspection!
Lettered with title "Beauty when unadorned is adorned the most" [a quotation attributed to St. Jerome] within image and commentary underneath; lacking publication information. Two women are depicted, both nude; their arms following the curving contours of their soft and fleshy small-boned bodies. At left the woman is depicted covering her breasts and pubic area, standing in a pose similar to the statue now known as the “Capitoline Venus” [in the collection of the Capitoline Museum, Rome], with one leg forward and bent, and the other resting. The woman at right is in a similar pose, seen from the back and covers her bottom with her right hand. Both wear their hair pulled up and tied with a red ribbon, while loose locks of hair touch their shoulders. See related image at PD 2121 TX 1 (24) and also a related print entitled 'The Kinnegad Slashers', held in the Nicholas K. Robinson Collection of Caricatures, TCD.
| Format: | Prints & Drawings |
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| Language: | English |
| Subjects: | |
| Notes: | Physical description: 1 print : hand coloured etching, image 20.6 x 17.8 cm., plate mark 27.8 x 21 cm., on sheet 38.1 x 24.5 cm.. |
| Published / Created: |
[Dublin? :
s.n.,
n.d., ca. 1809-1810?].
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Beauty when unadorn’d is adorn’d the most
[graphic]. Modern Beauties or the Slashers undress'd - a delineation of two figures who resort the fashionable quarters of this City & are commonly called the Slashers, their uncommon shape & form have attracted the notice of all, but particularly of Men of taste, feeling & acute discernment who attracted as if by magnetic power, follow & come in contact with the wonders pair, the Connoiseurs stand amazed at so uncommon a sight, their form so different, the contour so novel, their figure so contrasted to the Antique Venus, that they wisely thought a model from the life would be an extraordinary gratification to the curious and prove a delicious repast in the habitations of men of taste, with the same laudable motive the Publisher respectfully offers this print for inspection!
| In Collection: | Collection of caricatures, mainly set in Dublin |
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| Description: | Lettered with title "Beauty when unadorned is adorned the most" [a quotation attributed to St. Jerome] within image and commentary underneath; lacking publication information. Two women are depicted, both nude; their arms following the curving contours of their soft and fleshy small-boned bodies. At left the woman is depicted covering her breasts and pubic area, standing in a pose similar to the statue now known as the “Capitoline Venus” [in the collection of the Capitoline Museum, Rome], with one leg forward and bent, and the other resting. The woman at right is in a similar pose, seen from the back and covers her bottom with her right hand. Both wear their hair pulled up and tied with a red ribbon, while loose locks of hair touch their shoulders. See related image at PD 2121 TX 1 (24) and also a related print entitled 'The Kinnegad Slashers', held in the Nicholas K. Robinson Collection of Caricatures, TCD. |
| Created: |
[Dublin? :
s.n.,
n.d., ca. 1809-1810?].
|
| Language: | English |
| Extent: | 1 print : hand coloured etching, image 20.6 x 17.8 cm., plate mark 27.8 x 21 cm., on sheet 38.1 x 24.5 cm.. |
| Format: | Prints & Drawings |
| Call Number: |
PD 2121 TX 1 (26)
(Collection unavailable) |
| Rights: | Reproduction rights owned by the National Library of Ireland. |