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TitleA St. Giles's Beauty

Creator nameUnknown

Creator nationality/cultureUnknown

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Creation date1784

Object typePrint

MaterialsMezzotint with hand color

Dimensions12 7/8 × 9 3/4 in. (32.7 × 24.8 cm)

LocationLewis Walpole Library, Yale University, Farmington, Connecticut

https://collections.library.yale.edu/catalog/10727410

Accession number784.02.14.02+

SubjectsGenre printsHouse furnishings in artLondon (England)--History--18th century

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Lodging at the Old Bailey: Lodgings and Their Furnishing in Eighteenth-Century London

John Styles

Gender, Taste, and Material Culture in Britain and North America, 1700–1830

IN APRIL 1799, Susannah Priest appeared at the Old Bailey, the principal criminal court for London, charged with breaking and entering at the house of Elias Isaacs in Little Essex Street, Whitechapel.Old Bailey Proceedings Online...

Author

John Styles

PublisherYale Center for British Art

PublisherPaul Mellon Centre

Related print edition pages: pp.61-78

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00205.003

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-20175&redirecttoanchor=50562

Chapter subject tags:London (England)--History--18th centuryEarly modern, 1500-1800--HistoryMaterial culture--Great Britain--18th centuryInterior decoration--United States--18th centuryConsumer (Economics)--England--18th centuryWomen and gender--Britain--18th centuryArt and society--Britain--History--18th centuryRental housing--Britain--18th centuryWorking class--England--18th centuryHouse furnishings--Britain--18th century

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