Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Tomkins, Peltro William, 1759-1840
Title:
To the Queen this book of etchings, from papers cut by the Right Honourable Lady Templeton in the collection of Her Majesty, is with permission most humbly dedicated / by most devoted and very much obliged serv. P. W. Tomkins.
Published / Created:
London : Publish'd as the Act directs June 4. 1790, by J.F. Tomkins, [1790]
Physical Description:
[2] p., [12] leaves : chiefly ill. ; 31 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Twelve etched plates, depicting women and children, printed on colored papers (blue or orange); with an engraved title page.
Subject Terms:
Clothing and dress -- Great Britain -- 18th century. | Paper work -- Great Britain -- Specimens -- Early works to 1800. | Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 18th century. | Tomkins, J. F. -- Publisher.
Form/Genre:
Silhouettes. | Cut-paper works. | Etchings -- 1790. | Etchings -- Hand-colored -- 1790.
Contributors:
Upton, Elizabeth, Baroness Templetown. | Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818.