The Supplemental Magazine

Attributed to Thomas Rowlandson British
After R. Rushworth British
Publisher S. W. Fores British

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Room full of ladies being fitted out with padding and puffed-out gauze cages worn under outer garments to create fashionable profiles that include projecting breasts (a "fortification bosom"), padded hips and huge hats. A dog has been shaved to achieve a similar silhouette.

The Supplemental Magazine, Attributed to Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757–1827 London), Etching

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