Detail View: Design Library Image Collection: Strolling Actresses Dressing in a Barn

Accession Number: 
102894
Order Title: 
History of Costume and Fashion (102059-103548)
Type of View: 
detail
View Title: 
detail of actresses dressing in a barn wearing a chemise and bell-shaped petticoat. Stockings are gartered at the knee. The women wear face patches (make-up)
Image Rights: 
copyrighted
Source Institution: 
NCSU Libraries
Collection: 
Design Library Image Collection
Culture: 
English
Culture: 
British
Subject: 
theater (discipline)
Subject: 
barns
Subject: 
hosiery
Subject: 
clothing
Subject: 
dresses (garments)
Subject: 
women (female humans)
Subject: 
petticoats (underskirts)
Subject: 
actors (performing artists)
Subject: 
chemises (underwear)
Work Types: 
Art; prints (visual works); intaglio prints; engravings (prints)
Preferred Title: 
Strolling Actresses Dressing in a Barn
Agent Display: 
William Hogarth (British printmaker, 1697-1764)
Date: 
1738 (creation)
Materials: 
engraving on ivory laid paper
Technique: 
engraving (printing process)
Measurement: 
42.3 x 538 cm ()
Locations: 
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States
Location Type: 
(current)
Locations: 
London, Greater London, England
Location Type: 
(creation)
Style/Period: 
Georgian
Classification: 
Graphic Design