Taste in high life

Taste in high life

Item Information

Title:
Taste in high life
Description:
This print is satirizing the clothes and behavior of fashionable society in the early 1740s. On the left is a woman with her servant, a young boy she has dressed up in a feathered turban. The woman on the right is wearing a dress with a ludicrously full skirt. Her companion wears a long pigtail and is carrying a huge white fur muff. This couple are in a raptures over a teacup held by the woman, and its matching saucer, held by the man. A passion for collecting porcelain was widely seen as a foible of the wealthy.
Artist:
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764
Engraver:
Phillips, Samuel, active 18th century-19th century
Publisher:
Phillips, Samuel, active 18th century-19th century
Name on Item:
W. Hogarth Pinx't, Sam'l Phillips Sculp't
Date:
May 1, 1798
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Engravings
Satires (Visual works)
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
William Hogarth (1697-1764). Prints
Subjects:
Clothing & dress
Extent:
1 print : engraving ; plate mark 39 x 47 cm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/5138jv13n
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Publisher:
5 Leicester Square : Sam'l Phillips
Language:
English
Notes:
Title from item.
Inscription on item: From the original Picture painted by Hogarth in 1742 in the possession of John Birch Esq'r. to whom this Plate is humbly dedicated by his obliged Serv't. Sam'l. Phillips.
Notes (date):
Date from item.
Notes (object):
After William Hogarth's 1742 painting, "Taste in High Life."
Identifier:
18_06_000097
Barcode:
36666003801186