'An Opera Girl of Paris in a Full Dress'
2 of 2 portraits by Michael Vincent (or Charles) Brandoin
© National Portrait Gallery, London
'An Opera Girl of Paris in a Full Dress'
by James Caldwall (Caldwell), published by Robert Sayer, and published by J. Smith, after Michael Vincent (or Charles) Brandoin
etching, published 1 March 1773
7 1/2 in. x 5 in. (189 mm x 126 mm) paper size
Acquired, 1930
Reference Collection
NPG D47483
Artistsback to top
- Michael Vincent (or Charles) Brandoin (1733-1807). Artist or producer associated with 2 portraits.
- James Caldwall (Caldwell) (1739-1822), Engraver. Artist or producer associated with 66 portraits.
- Robert Sayer (1724 or 1725-1794), Printseller and publisher. Artist or producer associated with 198 portraits.
- J. Smith (active 1773), Publisher. Artist or producer associated with 1 portrait.
Subjects & Themesback to top
- Fans
- Fashion Plates: Activities and occasions - Full dress
- Fashion Plates: Dresses - Open robes; open dresses
- Fashion Plates: Dresses - Petticoats
- Fashion Plates: Hair - Toupées
- Fashion Plates: Headwear - Dress caps
- Fashion Plates: Neckwear - Ruffs; collarettes
- Fashion Plates: Outer garments - Cardinals
- Fashion Plates: Trimmings and ornamentation - Bows; noeuds; coques; rosettes; choux
- Fashion Plates: Trimmings and ornamentation - Furbelows
Events of 1773back to top
Current affairs
Tea Act grants the struggling East India Company a monopoly on the North American tea trade.Brokers who meet to do business in Jonathan's coffee house in Threadneedle Street, London decide to call themselves the Stock Exchange.
General Turnpike Act regulates the system of road tolls.
Art and science
Samuel Johnson and James Boswell undertake a journey together to the western islands of Scotland.Oliver Goldsmith's play She Stoops to Conquer debuts in London's Covent Garden Theatre.
International
Captain James Cook becomes the first European explorer to cross the Antarctic Circle.Boston Tea Party demonstrates opposition in the colonies to the import duty on tea. Some fifty colonists, disguised as Indians, tip a valuable cargo of tea into Boston harbour as a protest against the British tax.
Responding to pressure from the Catholic monarchs of Europe, Clement XIV abolishes the Jesuit Order.
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