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The Matrons In Hanging-sleeves: Or, The Enquirer Into Nature - A Satyr

The Matrons In Hanging-sleeves: Or, The Enquirer Into Nature - A Satyr

Shared By: LibraryOfCongress Collection 12-24-2009

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TITLE:  The matrons in hanging-sleeves: or, The enquirer into nature - a satyr CALL NUMBER:  PC 2 - Matrons in hanging-sleeves ... (A size) [P&P] REPRODUCTION NUMBER:  LC-USZ62-59610 (b&w film copy neg.) RIGHTS INFORMATION:  No known restrictions on publication. SUMMARY:  Print shows women and children of all ages viewing exhibits at the "Wax-works" and "see a Womb, to hear fine Lectures, read on Generation, and all the Arts explain'd of Procreation ..."; in a large display case is a life-size figure of a pregnant woman with a cut-away view showing a fetus in the womb, and on a table are figures in an erotic embrace. MEDIUM:  1 print : etching. CREATED/PUBLISHED:  [1802?] NOTES: Title from item. Forms part of: British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress). SUBJECTS: Women--Social life--England--London--1800-1810. Women--Education--England--London--1800-1810. Wax figures--1800-1810. Galleries & museums--England--London--1800-1810. Human life cycle--1800-1810. FORMAT: Satires (Visual works) British 1800-1810.Etchings 1800-1810. REPOSITORY:  Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA DIGITAL ID:  (digital file from b&w film copy neg.) cph 3b07352 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b07352 CONTROL #:  2003675443