Idle talk or rumor, especially about personal or private affairs of others

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A woman with two serpents holding her finger to her lips; representing prudence. Etching, 16--.

The foundling Moses is brought to Pharoah's daughter. Engraving by W. Hogarth and L. Sullivan, 1752, after the former, c. 1746.

John Abernethy. Coloured etching by S. W. Fores, 1825.

A libel about the colonel of a garrison is invented by a junior soldier and works its way round to the colonel himself. Colour process print after N. Pocock, 191-.

Two men wearing dresses in a garden: one is handing the other sticks of chewing gum as an alternative to gossip. Colour process print, 1915.

Two women sit at a table drinking tea and gossiping, so taken up with what they are saying that the tea is accidently poured on the cat. Aquatint by G. Hunt after M. Egerton.

The heads of women are reforged in a workshop by the sea; suggesting a cure for the 'madness' of women. Line engraving, 17--.

Four elderly ladies sitting around a table gossiping; another woman listens from behind a curtain and looks rather shocked. Etching by George Cruikshank after EHL.

The heads of women are reforged in a workshop by the sea; representing a brutal cure for the 'madness' of women. Line engraving by F. Campion, 1663.

The foundling Moses is brought to Pharoah's daughter. Engraving by W. Hogarth and L. Sullivan, 1752, after W. Hogarth, c. 1746.

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Gossip

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The heads of women are reforged in a workshop by the sea; representing a brutal cure for the 'madness' of women. Line engraving by F. Campion, 1663.

The foundling Moses is brought to Pharoah's daughter. Engraving by W. Hogarth and L. Sullivan, 1752, after W. Hogarth, c. 1746.

Two women sit at a table drinking tea and gossiping, so taken up with what they are saying that the tea is accidently poured on the cat. Aquatint by G. Hunt after M. Egerton.

John Abernethy. Coloured etching by S. W. Fores, 1825.

The foundling Moses is brought to Pharoah's daughter. Engraving by W. Hogarth and L. Sullivan, 1752, after the former, c. 1746.

Gossip

Images from the collections

Images referencing Gossip

Works from the collections

The heads of women are reforged in a workshop by the sea; representing a brutal cure for the 'madness' of women. Line engraving by F. Campion, 1663.

The foundling Moses is brought to Pharoah's daughter. Engraving by W. Hogarth and L. Sullivan, 1752, after W. Hogarth, c. 1746.

Two women sit at a table drinking tea and gossiping, so taken up with what they are saying that the tea is accidently poured on the cat. Aquatint by G. Hunt after M. Egerton.

John Abernethy. Coloured etching by S. W. Fores, 1825.

The foundling Moses is brought to Pharoah's daughter. Engraving by W. Hogarth and L. Sullivan, 1752, after the former, c. 1746.

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