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A Hint to the Husbands, or the Dresser, properly Dressed.
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A Hint to the Husbands, or the Dresser, properly Dressed.

DateJanuary 25, 1777
Engraver
Publisher
OriginEngland, London
MediumBlack and white mezzotint engraving
DimensionsOH: 15 3/8" x OW: 10 3/4"; Plate H: 13 7/8" x W: 9 7/8"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1939-238
DescriptionThe lower margin reads: "A Hint to the Husbands, or the Dresser, properly Dressed./ London Printed for R. Sayer & J. Bennett, N.o 53 Fleet Street, as the Act directs 25 Jan.y 1777."ProvenanceDates unknown, Frederic R. Halsey [1847-1918] (New York, NY); 1916 [sold, Anderson Galleries, New York, NY, "Part X: Caricatures, Costume Plates, Lithographs, and Original Drawings," Lot 321]; before 1939, Julius Carlebach [1909-1964] (New York, NY); 1939-present, purchased by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).