Image:1787-prostitutes-caricature.jpg

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1787 caricature of prostitutes, giving an idea of their clothing and attire. Edited from image http://memory.loc.gov/master/pnp/cph/3c30000/3c32000/3c32900/3c32976u.tif on the Library of Congress website.

Bibligraphic information found on LoC site:

TITLE: Retail traders not affected by the shop tax

CALL NUMBER: PC 3 - 1787--Retail traders ... (A size) [P&P]

REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-USZ62-132976 (b&w film copy neg.) No known restrictions on publication.

SUMMARY: Print shows three women standing inside the entrance to an establishment labeled "Neat lodgings for men" over which is a bust of a Turkish(?) man on a pedestal labeled "Bagnio"; a notice in the window states "For the benefit of the Dowager Eve, this & every evening by permission of their Worships, such things are."

MEDIUM: 1 print : etching ; 27.4 x 20 cm. (plate)

CREATED/PUBLISHED: [London] : Pub'd ... for the proprietor by E. Macklew, No. 9 Haymarket & W. Moore, No. 48 New Bond Street, 1787 March 2nd.

NOTES: Title from item. Watermark on center of paper. DLC Attributed to William Dent. Forms part of: British Cartoon Collection (Library of Congress).

SUBJECTS:

• Prostitution--England--1780-1790.
• Taxes--England--1780-1790.
• Brothels--England--1780-1790.

FORMAT: Cartoons (Commentary) British 1780-1790. Etchings British 1780-1790.

REPOSITORY: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

DIGITAL ID: (b&w film copy neg.) cph 3c32976 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3c32976

CARD #: 2003674093

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• Bagnio
• Prostitution